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1985 Apr 4 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1639
Social Services (Reform of social security: pensions, housing benefit and supplementary benefit; child support) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 251
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85 May 6 Mo Major Social Services: Department of Health and Social Security briefing for MT ("Social Security Review: Pensions") [phasing-out of state earnings-related pension scheme] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 6 Mo Major Social Services: Fowler minute to MT ("Social Security Review: SERPS") [phasing-out of state earnings-related pension scheme] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 6 Mo Major Social Services: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Fowler, Whitelaw, Tebbit, Rees, Wakeham, Barney Hayhoe, Tony Newton, John Redwood, David Willetts) ["Social Security Reviews : Pensions"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 7 Tu Major Social Services: Tebbit minute to MT ("Social Security Review") [endorsement of Fowler proposals on pensions & other social security matters] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 8 We Major Social Services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Social Security Review") [housing benefit; pensions; projected savings from the overall package of reforms] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 8 We Major Social Services: Ingham minute to MT ("Social Security Review") [lines to take on completion of the Review] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 8 We Major Social Services: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Social Security Reviews: Unemployment Benefit") [Fowler change of mind about merits of his proposal] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 8 We Major Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Pensioners' Heating Additions") [Social Security Review: "on average pensioners will get less than at present": presentational solution] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 8 We Major Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Abolition of SERPS") [pensions: need for the provision of better information to contributors, by existing and new funds] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 9 Th Major Social Services: Charles Powell minute to MT (Social Security Review: housing benefits) [Heseltine cautions against 20% disallowance on local authority rates] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 15 We Major Social Services: Fowler minute to MT (Social Security Review) [timing & implementation; re-scheduling of uprating] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 20 Mo Major Social Services: Fowler letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Social Security Review: Public Service Pensions") [indexation; impact of personal pensions] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 20 Mo Major Social Services: Fowler letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Study of Tax and Social Security Systems") [public presentation of joint Departmental approach] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major Social Services: Fowler letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Social Security Review: Payment of Mortgage Interest") [Building Societies Association opposition to Government proposal to end supplementary benefit coverage of payments] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Social Security Up-Ratings") [proposed compromise between Fowler's & Lawson's preferred options] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major Social Services: Rees letter to Fowler ("Social Security Reviews") [Green Paper: pensions; public line to take on major proposals] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major Social Services: Rees PS letter to No.10 ("Public Expenditure: 1985 Survey Prospects") [preliminary appraisal] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 22 We Major Social Services: No.10 letter to Department of Health and Social Security ("Social Security Review") [concerns about public presentation] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 22 We Major Social Services: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Fowler, Rees, Tony Newton, David Willetts) ["Social Security Reviews: Upratings"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Th Major Social Services: Fowler minute to MT ("Social Security Review: Transitional Pension Provisions") [Green Paper proposals] [released Dec 2014]