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PREM19/1523
Home Affairs (Open Government: disclosure of official information) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 256
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79 May 4 Fr Major Home Affairs: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for new PM ("House of Commons Procedure: Open Government: Official Secrets") [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 23 We Major Home Affairs: Havers minute to MT (Open Government and reform of the Official Secrets Act) [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 30 We Major Home Affairs: Soames minute to MT ("Open Government") [Official Secrets Act and freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Jun 4 Mo Major Home Affairs: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Open Government") [Official Secrets Act and freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Jun 15 Fr Major Home Affairs: Soames minute to MT ("Open Government") [Official Secrets Act and freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Jun 20 We Major Home Affairs: No.10 minute to Home Office (Open Government and the Official Secrets Act) [Government approach and MT's views on freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 Dec 12 We Major Home Affairs: Ingham minute to No.10 ("Open Government and Manpower Options") [Peter Hennessy article on secrecy in Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
80 Oct 20 Mo Major Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (Freedom of Information Campaign: pressure for legislation) [Open Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
81 Oct 30 Fr Major Home Affairs: Baroness Young minute to MT ("Official Information: Guidance to Departments on Disclosure") [Open Government and freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
81 Nov 4 We Major Home Affairs: Ingham minute to No.10 ("Disclosure of Official Information - Building on Croham") [Open Government and freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
81 Nov 5 Th Major Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT ("Official Information: Guidance to Departments on Disclosure") [Open Government and freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Mar 2 Tu Major Home Affairs: Cabinet Secretary minute to No.10 (Times article on "Crossman Diaries" case) [Open Government and freedom of information] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Mar 9 Tu Major Home Affairs: Baroness Young minute to MT ("Official Information") [Open Government and freedom of information: proposed Code of Practice] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Mar 15 Mo Major Home Affairs: Ingham minute to No.10 ("Official Information") [Open Government and freedom of information: comment on proposed Code of Practice] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Mar 15 Mo Major Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT ("Official Information") [Open Government and freedom of information: proposed Code of Practice] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Oct 8 Fr Major Home Affairs: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("Official Information") [Open Government and freedom of information: draft Cabinet paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Nov 17 We Major Home Affairs: Ingham minute to No.10 ("Official Information") [Open Government and freedom of information: comments on draft Cabinet paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Nov 26 Fr Major Home Affairs: No.10 letter to Cabinet Secretary ("Official Information") [Open Government and freedom of information: MT considers "that this is not currently a live issue"] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Dec 7 We Major Home Affairs: MT letter to Des Wilson (Freedom of Information Campaign) ["I am afraid I cannot offer any encouragement to your proposal of a Freedom of Information Act"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 9 Mo Major Home Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The "Freedom of Information Campaign"") [suggests public release of MT's less to Des Wilson: MT: "No - I do not release letters I write to others"] [declassified Dec 2014]