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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 Sep 6 Thu Public spending: David Mellor minute to Norman Lamont ("Public Expenditure Survey: Office of Arts and Libraries") [bid for a one-off cash injection] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 10 Mon Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to David Mellor ("1990 Public Expenditure: Arts and Libraries") [proposals are unrealistic and unacceptable] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 10 Mon Public spending: Barry Potter minute to MT ("PES: Arts and Libraries") [does MT want to get involved in dispute between Lamont and Mellor] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 2 Tue Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to David Hunt ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: Wales") [NHS cross border flows] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 8 Mon 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 Thu Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Peter Lilley ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: DTI") [allocation of bottom line settlement] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 24 Mon Public spending: Peter Lilley minute to Norman Lamont ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [difficulties new totals will cause for DTI] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 1 Mon Public spending: Peter Lilley minute to Norman Lamont ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey: Post Office and ECGD") [external finance limit] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Thu Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Peter Lilley ("1990 PES: Post Office, ECGD") [efficiency savings, tariff increases] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon Public spending: Barry Potter minute to Lilley PS ("1990 PES: Post Office, ECGD") [first priority is to seek efficiency savings] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon Public spending: Lamont PS minute to Barry Potter ("Public Expenditure Survey: Progress Report") [top priority must be to defeat inflation and maintain confidence in economic policies] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 3 Wed Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [establishment of Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 5 Fri Public spending: MT minute to Norman Lamont ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [establishment of Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fri 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 Oct 15 Mon 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 Fri 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 Nov 7 Wed Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("PES 1990: The Defence Programme") [has reached a cautious settlement] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 6 Tue Public spending: Tom King minute to MT ("PES: The Defence Programme") [severity of prorgamme decisions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fri Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("1990 Public Expenditure: Defence") [p0ssible solution to the gap between Lamont and King's positions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 2 Tue Public spending: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey (PES)") [Lamont will do very well to get near his ambitious target] [declassified Jul 2017]