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

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

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 285
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90 Jul 3 Tu Major Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Lamont ("Public Expenditure Survey 1990: Forestry Commission") [agreement on offsetting savings] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jun 22 Fr Major Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Lamont ("Public Expenditure Survey 1990: Forestry Commission") [regrets Treasury's inflexible line on additional bids] [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]
90 Jul 16 Mo Major Public spending: Michael Howard minute to Norman Lamont ("Public Expenditure Survey: Employment") [accounting for overbid] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Aug 28 Tu Minor Public spending: Michael Portillo minute to Norman Lamont (Public Expenditure Survey) [need for confidentiality in communications] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jun 20 We Major Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Major-Lamont) [departmental bids were huge, but not possible to reject them all] [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 Jul 1 Su Major Public spending: Norman Lamont memo ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [bids exceed expectations, facing exceptionally difficult survey] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Aug 14 Tu Minor Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Chris Patten ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [need for confidentiality of correspondence on survey] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 20 Fr Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to David Waddington ("Public Expenditure Survey 1990: Home Office") [local authority current grants] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jun 19 Tu Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Douglas Hurd (FCO Diplomatic Wing: Potential Reserve Claim) [additional costs for NATO summit] [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 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 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 Jul 16 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Ken Clarke ("1990 Survey: Personal Social Services: Specific Grants") [AIDS, mental illness, training support grants] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 16 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Public Expenditure Survey 1990: Forestry Commission") [content with spending agreement] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jun 11 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Public Expenditure Survey 1990: Forestry Commission") [no prospect of an early settlement] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 9 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Michael Howard ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: Employment") [surprised by the size of bids] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jun 18 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [disappointing that bids exceed those tabled last year] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 11 We Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: Additional Bids") [summaries of departmental bids] [declassified Dec 2016]