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1984 Nov 1 - 1985 Feb 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1568
Manpower (Employment policy: measures to counter unemployment; education and training for 14 to 18 year olds; Youth Training Scheme (YTS)) (Part 11)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 238
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84 Nov 8 Th Major Employment: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Sir Anthony Jolliffe) [City of London Business in the Community Initiative] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 12 Mo Major Employment/Agriculture: Jopling letter to MT ("Agricultural Training: Overseas Activities") [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 15 Th Major Employment: King minute to MT ("Employment Exercise") [update on progress of employment strategy exercise] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 16 Fr Major Employment: Redwood minute to No.10 ("The Employment Exercise") ['maintain[ing] the momentum' on employment strategy] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 20 Tu Major Employment: Turnbull minute to MT ("Meeting with Lord Young") [employment strategy exercise: MT's request for 'greater urgency...has disturbed Lord Young'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 23 Fr Major Employment: Morrison minute to MT (Manpower Services Commission: improving efficiency) [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 23 Fr Major Employment: Redwood minute to MT ("Jobs") [report on progress of government employment strategy exercise] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 7 Fr Major Employment: Redwood minute to MT ("Jobs") [plan for formulation and presentation of government strategy on employment, training and social security] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 10 Mo Major Employment: No.10 PS minute to MT ("Employment as a Proportion of the Population") [comparison of percentage employed in UK to other nations] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 12 We Major Employment: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Morrison) ["Youth Training Scheme": MT 'enthusiastic about having a trainee in her office'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 18 Tu Major Employment: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Youth Training Scheme") [not possible for MT to have a trainee in her own office] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 28 Fr Major Employment: Letwin minute to MT ("Draft Employment Document") [comment on King's draft report on government employment strategy; MT: 'It is badly written - no punch - no style - very discursive and no clear message'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 31 Mo Major Employment: No.10 letter to Department of Employment ("Employment Exercise") [comment on King's draft report on government employment strategy: MT 'disappointed by the document's style'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 4 Fr Major Employment/Government Strategy: Turnbull minute to MT ("Working Supper at Chequers") [brief for meeting with senior Ministers: 'Your main theme will be that 1985 will be a vital year for difficult decisions'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 We Major Employment: No.10 record of conversation (MT-King) ["Employment Statistics": errors in calculation of numbers employed] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 We Major Employment: Tebbit minute to MT ("Employment Exercise") [views on King's employment strategy document] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 14 Mo Major Employment: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Joseph-Walker-Tebbit-King-Jenkin-Fowler-Rees-Young-Lamont-Gregson-Redwood) ["Employment Exercise": discussion of King's document on employment strategy] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 29 Tu Major Employment: Letwin minute to MT ("Enterprising Young People") [information about young people who have recently started businesses] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 6 We Major Employment: Clark PS letter to No.10 (report on meeting between Alan Clark and members of Conservative One Nation Group) [discussion of 'Jobs Ahead' pamphlet] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 21 Th Major Employment/Education: Joseph minute to MT ("Teachers: In-Service Training") [connection with work of Young's Enterprise Unit on Youth Training Scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]