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1989 Aug 1 - 1989 Oct 1
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2765
Local Government (Future of the rating system: rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 14)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 324
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89 Sep 21 Thu Community Charge: Christopher Chope minute to Douglas Hurd ("Community Charges: Standard Spending Assessments") [assessments for single service Fire and Civil Service Defence Authorities] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 22 Fri Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to John Wakeham ("Formula Rating Review") [rateable value for British Gas] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 22 Fri Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Cecil Parkinson ("Formula Rating Review: Transport Industries") [method for fixing rateable values] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 22 Fri Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("Rating Appeals and the 1990 Rating Revaluation") ["The action that we took has been effective"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 22 Fri Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Gray ("Community Charge") [transitional relief system: "administratively and legally the task is going to be... formidable"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 22 Fri Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to Gray ("Transitional Relief for the Community Charge") [legislation will be needed, the scheme will be a considerable administrative task] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 23 Sat Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge: Bilateral Talk with Chris Patten") [existing plans, spending, costing] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 25 Mon Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Paul Gray (legislation) [drafting of regulations, meeting government objectives] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: James Douglas-Hamilton minute to Chris Patten ("Personal Community Charge: Exemption for the Severely Mentally Impaired") [legislative changes to definition "proving increasingly controversial and difficult to justify"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to David Hunt ("Community Charges: Standard Spending Assessments") [distribution for historic debt] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Community Charge Transitional Relief") ["the number and the size of losses faced by individuals does... constitute a substantial political problem"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge: Bilateral Talk with Chris Patten") [Patten's latest views are radical] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Relief Scheme") [how to calculate relief] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: Cabinet Office note ("Local Authority Grant Settlement. Transitional Relief for the Community Charge") [legislation will be needed] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 27 Wed Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Community Charge Transitional Relief") [is a scheme for individuals justified, changes to the safety net] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 27 Wed Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Paul Gray ("Transitional Relief") [supplementary relief] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 27 Wed Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge") ["getting the introduction of the Community Charge right is the top priority"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 28 Thu Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Christopher Chope ("Community Charges: Standard Spending Assessments") [should see the final financial package before deciding SSAs] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 28 Thu Community Charge: Christopher Chope minute to Cecil Parkinson (Standard Spending Assessments) [assessments for the transport industry] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 29 Fri Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Lawson-Baker-Moore-Ridley) [transitional relief, safety net] [released Dec 2016]