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PREM19/2580
Economic Policy (Public spending) (Part 40)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 361
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Media, Executive

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Date Value Title
88 Oct 21 Fr Minor Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [transport, Scottish budgets settled] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 21 Fr Minor Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Agricultural Development and Advisory Services") [charging for services] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 24 Mo Minor Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey: Defence") [content of the forward programme] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 24 Mo Major Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("Autumn Statement") [timetable, arrangements for presentation] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 24 Mo Minor Public spending: Paul Gray minute to Major PS ("Autumn Statement") [announcement arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 24 Mo Major Public spending: Ken Clarke minute to John Major (Autumn Statement) [allocations to health authorities] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 24 Mo Major Public spending: John Major and George Younger minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey: Defence") [three-year settlement not to be reopened unless a significant change in economic conditions] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 24 Mo Major Public spending: Andrew Dunlop minute to Paul Gray ("1988 PES: Defence") [settlement is fair and reasonable] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 25 Tu Minor Public spending: Charles Powell minute to Major PS ("Public Expenditure Survey: Defence") [purchasing additional stocks of ammunition] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 27 Th Minor Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Autumn Statement Cabinet: 1 November") [new planning totals] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 27 Th Major Public spending: Major PS minute to Paul Gray ("Chief Secretary's Paper for Public Expenditure Cabinet") [agreements reached] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Minor Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Cabinet: Public Expenditure") [speaking order] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Major PS ("Autumn Statement: Oral Statement: Chancellor's Draft, Second Half") [keeping public spending as close as possible to planning totals] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Public spending: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Cabinet: 1988 Public Expenditure Survey C(88)13") [departmental agreements, planning totals] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Major Public spending: Treasury press release ("Autumn Statement: Public Expenditure Plans") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Major Public spending: Treasury press release ("Economic Prospects for 1989") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Dec 12 Mo Major Public spending: Rifkind PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Public Expenditure 1988") [provision for Scottish programmes] [declassified Dec 2016]