1985 Oct 1 - 1985 Nov 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1454
Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 33)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2015 Jul 16 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 341 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Nov 6 We | Major | Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey 1985 (C(85) 26)") [agreement on planning totals] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 25 Fr | Major | Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Cabinet Discussion of Public Expenditure") [defence spending] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 2 We | Major | Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey 1985 (C(85) 23)") [planning totals, baseline figure] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 1 Tu | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Public Expenditure") ["we have not succeeded in presenting the exercise positively"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 2 We | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [bids by departments to spend more] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 11 Mo | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Treasury (Autumn Statement) [draft speaking note] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 21 Th | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Edwards ("Local Authority Current and Capital Expenditure: Scotland and Wales") [difficulties with requests for compensation for English overspending] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 21 Th | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Kenneth Baker ("New Towns' Receipts") [modest increase] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 6 We | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Kenneth Baker ("Public Expenditure Survey: Housing") [provision and allocation] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 12 Tu | Major | Public spending: Kenneth Baker minute to John MacGregor (New Towns' receipts) [disposals are running well] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 8 Fr | Major | Public spending: Kenneth Baker minute to Nigel Lawson ("Autumn Statement: Water Authorities") [need to carry out policies with minimum trouble] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 20 We | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to George Younger ("Housing Support Grant Increase: Offsetting Savings") [increased spending a result of changed economic assumptions] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 7 Th | Major | Public spending: Nicholas Edwards minute to John MacGregor ("'Territorial' Implications of Local Authority Overspending in England") [request for compensation] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 6 We | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Norman Fowler ("MISC 120: Health and Personal Social Services") [settlement of programme] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 7 Th | Major | Public spending: Tom King minute to John MacGregor ("Territorial Implications of Local Authority Overspending in England") [proposals could have "deleterious effect on the territorial blocks"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 6 We | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Edwards ("'Territorial' Implications of Local Authority Overspending in England") [proposals cause great difficulty] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 4 Mo | Major | Public spending: Nicholas Edwards minute to John MacGregor ("'Territorial' Implications of Local Authority Overspending in England") ["an important question of equity"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 30 We | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to George Younger ("Local Authority Expenditure: Scotland: AEG 1986-87") [can't accept proposal to limit penalties at outturn] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 28 Mo | Major | Public spending: George Younger minute to John MacGregor ("'Territorial' Implications of Local Authority Overspending in England") [compensation to Scottish block] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 28 Mo | Major | Public spending: George Younger minute to John MacGregor ("PES 1985: Housing") [impact of Baker's proposals] [declassified Jul 2015] |