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1987 Feb 5 - 1987 Jul 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

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

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret
Page count: 232
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87 Feb 14 Sat Public spending: John Moore minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [manpower targets] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 16 Mon Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John MacGregor ("1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [concern at restrictions on running costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tue Public spending: Douglas Hurd minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [content with proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 17 Tue 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 Tue 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 Tue 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 Tue 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 Tue 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 18 Wed 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 Thu Public spending: Peter Walker minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs limits] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 23 Mon Public spending: Tom King minute to John MacGregor (Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey) [block budget ground rules] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Mar 25 Wed Public spending: Lord Hailsham minute to John MacGregor ("Guidelines for the 1987 Survey") [relationship between pay settlement, running costs and policy objectives] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Mar 31 Tue Public spending: Tom King minute to John MacGregor ("Guidelines for the 1987 Survey") [anxious to avoid repeat of Treasury seeking to reduce outcome of formula application] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Apr 14 Tue Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Tom King ("Guidelines for the 1987 Survey") [block budget ground rules will form basis of handling of survey] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 May 7 Thu Public spending: David Williams letter to John MacGregor ("Public Expenditure Survey Committee - 1987 Survey Department 013 Commonwealth War Graves Commission") [additional resources for the programme] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 5 Thu Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs, contingent liabilities] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 12 Thu 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 Mar 18 Wed 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 23 Mon Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MacGregor PS ("Guidelines for the 1987 Survey") [uplift of the final year of the survey] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 9 Mon Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MacGregor PS ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [Red Book to be scrapped] [declassified Jul 2016]