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1990 Jan 5 - 1990 Aug 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2949
Economic Policy (Public spending) (Part 44)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 285
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90 Jan 5 Fr Major Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Butler PS ("Public Expenditure White Paper") [revision of Cabinet Office entry] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 26 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Guidelines for the 1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [attaches great importance to value for money] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 28 We Minor Public spending: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Guidelines for the 1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [a routine bit of the exercise] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 2 Mo Major Public spending: Lamont PS minute to Paul Gray ("Prospects for the 1990 Survey") [survey will be exceptionally difficult] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 5 Th Minor Public spending: David Waddington minute to Norman Lamont ("Guidelines for the 1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [split of TSS between services] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 5 Th Major Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Major-Lamont) [need to make clear how difficult the public spending position was] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 17 Tu Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Prospects for the 1990 Survey") [cannot afford to take risks with inflation] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 18 We Major Public spending: John Major minute to MT ("Public Expenditure and the Economy: Speaking Note for Cabinet") ["I will need to take a very tough line"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 19 Th Major Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Norman Lamont ("ESG and LEATGS Programme 1991-92") [need for swift agreement] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 20 Fr Minor Public spending: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Meetings with Ministers on Public Expenditure") [severity of public expenditure position] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 23 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Douglas Hurd (FCO, Diplomatic Wing: Potential Reserve Claims) [Namibia, Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Vietnam] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 2 We Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Public Expenditure 1989-90") [need to be careful not to give impression that control over spending has loosened] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 10 Th Major Public spending: Douglas Hurd minute to Norman Lamont (FCO Diplomatic Wing: Potential Reserve Claims) [clear understanding needed if the system is to work] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tu Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to John MacGregor ("ESG and LEATGS Programme 1991-92") [not willing to agree proposed additions] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tu Major Public spending: CSO briefing for Lamont PS ("Capital Expenditure: Provisional Estimates for Q1 1990") [press notice on spending on manufacturing industries] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 16 We Major Public spending: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Public Expenditure - The Education Programme") [Treasury anxious at MacGregor's early bids] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 18 Fr Minor Public spending: Caroline Turk minute ("Monthly Note on the PSBR") [corrected figures] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 21 Mo Major Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Lamont ("Public Expenditure Survey 1990 - Forestry Commission") [woodland management grants, land acquisitions] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 21 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Douglas Hurd (FCO Diplomatic Wing: Potential Reserve Claims) [reserve claim not justified] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 23 We Major Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Lamont ("Scottish Office Departmental Management Plan and Running Costs") [large number of major policy initiatives] [declassified Dec 2016]