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1989 May 25 - 1989 Jul 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2626
Economic Policy (Public spending) (Part 42)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 415
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89 May 25 Th Major Public spending: Richard Luce minute to John Major ("1989 Public Expenditure Survey (PES): Class XX, Vote 1 (Cabinet Office: Office of the Minister for the Civil Service)") [proposal for additional resources] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 May 25 Th Major Public spending: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("PES 89 - PSA Property Holdings and Other Services to Government Vote") [property holdings' programme] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 May 25 Th Major Public spending: Ken Clarke minute to John Major ("Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS): Public Expenditure") [proposed additional costs] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 May 25 Th Major Public spending: Ken Clarke minute to John Major ("Public Expenditure Survey: Health and Personal Social Services and Departmental Administration") [running costs, NHS Review] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 May 31 We Major Public spending: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("PES 1989 - DOE (Central)") [house building programmes] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 May 31 We Major Public spending: Treasury note ("Cash Limits 1988-89: Publication of Provisional Outturn Figures") [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 1 Th Major Public spending: John MacGregor minute to John Major ("PES 1989: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food") [implementation of Common Agricultural Policy] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 2 Fr Major Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [scale of magnitude of bids] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 6 Tu Major Public spending: Richard Luce minute to John Major ("PES 1989: Arts and Libraries") [strategy is being undermined] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 6 Tu Major Public spending: Patrick Mayhew minute to John Major ("Public Expenditure Survey 1989 - Treasury Solicitor's Department") [difficult to assess the future] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 7 We Minor Public spending: Lord Chancellor's Department minute ("PES") [additional bids - error in table] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 13 Tu Major Public spending: John Wakeham minute to John Major ("1989 Public Expenditure Survey: Parliamentary Counsel Expenditure") [additional staff, computerisation] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 13 Tu Major Public spending: Nicholas Ridley minute to David Mellor (Public Expenditure Survey) [AIDS support grants, training support programmes] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 15 Th Major Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Public Expenditure Survey 1989") [improvement in employment situation slower in Scotland] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 19 Mo Major Public spending: Rifkind PS minute to Ridley PS ("PES 1989 - DOE (Central)") [council housing in Scotland] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major Public spending: John Major minute to MT ("1989 Survey") ["the bids are even higher than I had expected"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("1989 Public Expenditure Survey") [bids higher than expected] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 28 We Major Public spending: John Major minute to David Mellor ("1989 Survey: PSS Specific Grants") [AIDS support grant, training support programmes] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 30 Fr Major Public spending: Paul Gray minute to MT ("1989 Public Expenditure Survey") [warnings of increasing difficulty] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jul 3 Mo Major Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("Public Expenditure Cabinet: Line to Take") [maintain downward trend in spending-GDP ratio] [declassified Dec 2016]