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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2104
Economic Policy (Public spending) (Part 37)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret
Page count: 232
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Media, Executive

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Date Value Title
87 Feb 5 Th Major Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs, contingent liabilities] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 6 Fr Major Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [expects some major changes in public spending control system in coming years] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 6 Fr Major Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [survey tactics, Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 6 Fr Minor Public spending: Whitelaw PS minute to David Norgrove ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [Whitelaw would take part in further discussions] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 9 Mo Minor Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MacGregor PS ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [Red Book to be scrapped] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 12 Th Major Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [additional bids, options for reductions, survey report, running costs, contingent liabilities] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 14 Sa Minor Public spending: John Moore minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [manpower targets] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 16 Mo Major Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John MacGregor ("1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [concern at restrictions on running costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tu Minor Public spending: Douglas Hurd minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [content with proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tu Minor Public spending: Geoffrey Howe minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [difficulties departments face discussing running costs with Treasury] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tu Minor Public spending: Nicholas Edwards minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [control of running costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tu Major Public spending: Nicholas Ridley minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs are biting hard] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tu Major Public spending: Norman Fowler minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [control of running costs rather than manpower numbers] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tu Major Public spending: Paul Channon minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [placing greater reliance on control of running costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tu Minor Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MacGregor PS ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [bids for additional reources should be only where they are unavoidable] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 18 We Minor Public spending: John Gummer minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [agrees with Ridley's views] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 19 Th Minor Public spending: Peter Walker minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs limits] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 23 Mo Minor Public spending: Tom King minute to John MacGregor (Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey) [block budget ground rules] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Mar 18 We Major Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Guidelines for the 1987 Survey") [offset small real reductions by improvements in efficiency and productivity] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Mar 19 Th Minor Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Guidelines for the 1987 Survey") [baseline for final year of the survey] [declassified Jul 2016]