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1979 May 8 - 1985 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1598
Police (Police pay)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 288
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79 May 8 Tue Police: Whitelaw minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Police Pay") [implementation of pay award in line with Edmund-Davies Committee recommendation, to honour Election pledge] [released Dec 2014]
79 May 8 Tue Police: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Cabinet Ministers) ["Police Pay": announcement; Armed Services; Rate Support Grant] [released Dec 2014]
79 May 9 Wed Police: No.10 briefing for MT ("Cabinet") [record of conclusions reached at informal meeting of Cabinet Minister's in advance of MT's first formal Cabinet meeting] [released Dec 2014]
79 May 14 Mon Police: Lord Soames letter to Whitelaw (Ministry of Defence Police pay) [consideration of pay & allowances to MoD and Transport police on a par with regular police force] [released Dec 2014]
79 May 22 Tue Police: Pym letter to General Secretary of the Defence Police Federation (Ministry of Defence Police pay) [plea for pay & allowances on a par with regular police force] [released Dec 2014]
79 May 29 Tue Police: MT letter to Chairman of the Police Federation of England & Wales (Police pay) [acknowledgement of letter of thanks for Government's fulfilment of pledge to pay full Edmund Davies pay award] [released Dec 2014]
80 Jul 19 Sat Police: Whitelaw letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Police Pay") [Government position for 1980 negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
81 Jul 16 Thu Police: No.10 briefing for MT ("Police Pay") [options] [released Dec 2014]
81 Jul 17 Fri Police: No.10 Policy Unit record of conversation (MT, Howe, Whitelaw) [Police pay; Firemen's settlement] [released Dec 2014]
81 Jul 20 Mon Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Neville Gaffin ("Police Pay") [advice on handling of public announcement] [released Dec 2014]
81 Oct 13 Tue Police: Whitelaw letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Pay of Chief Police Officers") [MT & Whitelaw satisfied with outcome of negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
82 Apr 8 Thu Police: Whitelaw letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Police Pay") [Police Negotiating Board Official Side report concludes no grounds for changes to methods of updating police pay - MT queries the report's conclusion] [released Dec 2014]
82 Apr 8 Thu Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("Police Pay") [scepticism about Police Negotiating Board Official Side report's conclusion that there are no grounds for changes to methods of updating police pay] [released Dec 2014]
82 Apr 16 Fri Police: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Whitelaw ("Prime Minister's meeting on pay on 27 April: police") [Howe asks Whitelaw to delay reaffirmation of existing pay formula, pending review/discussion] [released Dec 2014]
82 Apr 21 Wed Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("Prime Minister's meeting on pay on 27 April: police") [substantial discussion to be delayed, pending review of current method of updating police pay] [released Dec 2014]
82 May 13 Thu Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("Police Pay") ["we have to find something to replace the... indexation formula"; MT rejects advice to write to Whitelaw] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jun 21 Mon Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("Police Pay") [Howe/Whitelaw agreement: MT "really ought to be aware of this... third year running that the pay round has got off to an appalling start as a result of the Government's totally unnecessary commitment to police indexation"] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jul 5 Mon Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("Police Pay") [conditions for agreeing to a 10% settlement] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jul 17 Sat Police: Whitelaw letter to Leon Brittan ("Police Pay") [assurances to local authorities over extra costs] [released Dec 2014]
82 Aug 5 Thu Police: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Willie Rickett ("Police Pay") ["essential that the pensions contribution be sufficient to bring the total down to the 6-7% range, because of its effect on the NHS dispute"] [released Dec 2014]