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PREM19/1771
Government Machinery (Review of administrative forms) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 326

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Date Value Title
80 Sep 3 We Major Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT (streamlining the use of forms in Government: Rayner exhibition) [MT accepts invitation to an exhibition to demonstrate impact on a manufacturing group of filling in forms required by Government] [released Dec 2014]
80 Dec 18 Th Major Government Machinery: Lord Soames minute to MT ("Administrative Forms") [MT enthusiastically gives approval to Soames' proposed review, to follow up Rayner review of Government statistical services] [released Dec 2014]
81 Jan 16 Fr Major Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lord Soames ("Administrative Forms") [supports Soames' proposed review] [released Dec 2014]
81 Nov 30 Mo Major Government Machinery: Lynda Chalker letter to Derek Rayner ("Review of Administrative Forms") [details of proposed measures in response to recommendations of efficiency review] [released Dec 2014]
81 Dec 18 Fr Major Government Machinery: Efficiency Unit minute to Willie Rickett ("Review of Administrative Forms") [drafts of Rayner cover minute/report] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jan 12 Tu Major Government Machinery: Rayner minute to MT ("Review of Administrative Forms") [final report & summary; proposed follow-up actions] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jan 22 Fr Major Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Review of Administrative Forms") [MT "delighted" with Rayner report; approves its circulation to Ministers in charge of Deparments & follow-up White Paper] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jan 25 Mo Major Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Home Office ("Review of Administrative Forms") [findings of Rayner report; proposed White Paper] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jan 25 Mo Major Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Rayner ("Review of Administrative Forms") [MT response to Rayner report; details of White Paper & proposed follow-up actions] [released Dec 2014]
82 Jan 27 We Major Government Machinery: Baroness Young letter to Whitelaw ("Review of Administrative Forms") [draft White Paper in response to Rayner report; MT supports White Paper but is wary of its cost] [released Dec 2014]
82 Feb 5 Fr Major Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Baroness Young ("Review of Administrative Forms") [comments of the draft White Paper] [released Dec 2014]
82 Feb 10 We Major Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT (Review of Administrative Forms: draft White Paper) [cost, in response to MT query, and proposed arrangements for publication] [released Dec 2014]
82 Oct 8 Fr Major Government Machinery: Efficiency Unit briefing for MT ("Forms Exhibition") [Cabinet Office exhibition aimed at demonstrating good practice in form design to staff; MT appalled by awarding of contract to provide advice on form design to a university - distances herself from the announcement] [released Dec 2014]
83 Feb 28 Mo Major Government Machinery: Baroness Young minute to MT ("Review of Administrative Forms: Progress Report") [covering minute for report along with draft No.10 cover letter for circulation of report to Departments] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 15 Tu Minor Government Machinery: Lord Gowrie letter to Fowler ("Forms") [guidelines on design & control] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 21 Mo Major Government Machinery: Lord Gowrie minute to MT (second progress report on the review of administrative forms) [stocktake; report's main points; recommendations] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 30 We Minor Government Machinery: Lord Gowrie letter to Fowler ("Plain English Booklet") [copy of a leaflet distributed to Cabinet Office staff] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jul 18 Th Major Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Third Progress Report of the Review of Administrative Forms") [final progress report & covering minute from Lord Gowrie to MT] [released Dec 2014]
86 Oct 31 Fr Major Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Marketing of CSO Data in Computer Readable Form") [proposal from CSO to market its data directly instead of through a commercial computer bureau] [released Dec 2014]