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1990 Sep 4 - 1991 Mar 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3288
Economic Policy (Public spending) (Part 45)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 284
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90 Nov 8 Th Major Public spending: William Stewart minute to MT ("Public Expenditure on Science and Technology") [spending settlement will be criticised] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Public spending: Treasury draft ("Autumn Statement") [a settlement fully consistent with government's commitments] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 6 Tu Major Public spending: Tom King minute to MT ("PES: The Defence Programme") [severity of prorgamme decisions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 7 We Major Public spending: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Cabinet: 1990 Public Expenditure Survey. Paper by the Chief Secretary: C(90)9") [discussion of departmental settlements] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 1 Mo Major Public spending: Peter Lilley minute to Norman Lamont ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: Post Office and ECGD") [external finance limit] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 24 Mo Major Public spending: Peter Lilley minute to Norman Lamont ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [difficulties new totals will cause for DTI] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 8 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Peter Lilley ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: ECGD; IFR 1990; Post Office") [need to ensure Post Office accept spending discipline] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 27 Th Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Peter Lilley ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: DTI") [allocation of bottom line settlement] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Peter Lilley ("1990 PES: Post Office, ECGD") [efficiency savings, tariff increases] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 6 Tu Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Science and Technology") [spending agreements defendable in a difficult year] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 3 We Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [establishment of Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 7 We Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("PES 1990: The Defence Programme") [has reached a cautious settlement] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Defence Expenditure") [has reduced massively initial demands for savings but cannot justify going further] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 15 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: Defence") [practicable and politically desirable to make further reductions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [essential to show we have been prepared to grasp the nettle on defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 10 Mo Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to David Mellor ("1990 Public Expenditure: Arts and Libraries") [proposals are unrealistic and unacceptable] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 2 Tu Major Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to David Hunt ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: Wales") [NHS cross border flows] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 3 We Major Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Major-Lamont-Griffiths-Butler) [bids had been even higher than last year] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 5 Fr Major Public spending: MT minute to Norman Lamont ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [establishment of Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 1 Th Major Public spending: Major PS minute to Riley ("Autumn Statement: Oral Statement") [new plans represent a very tight settlement] [declassified Jul 2017]