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1980 Mar 14 - 1980 Jul 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/249
Government Machinery (Future of Civil Service Department; integration with the Treasury; Select Committee consideration) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 215
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Date Value Title
80 Mar 14 Fr Major Civil Service: Du Cann letter to MT (future of the Civil Service Department) [suggests that CSD has "run out of steam"] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 24 Mo Major Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Du Cann) [future of the Civil Service Department] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 31 Mo Major Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Channon-Rayner-Bancroft-Armstrong) [efficiency of central Government and reforms] [declassified 2010]
80 Apr 24 Th Major Civil Service: MT letter to Du Cann (future of the Civil Service Department) [declassified 2010]
80 May 21 We Major Civil Service: Whitmore minute to MT (Armstrong called to Select Committee to give evidence on the Civil Service Department) [declassified 2010]
80 Jun 27 Fr Major Civil Service: Whitmore minute to MT (Biffen called to Sheldon Sub-Committee to give evidence on Treasury and Civil Service Department) [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 1 Tu Major Civil Service: Whitmore minute to MT ("The Machinery of Government at the Centre") [reports on possible reform of the Civil Service Department] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 4 Fr Major Civil Service: Bancroft minute to MT ("The Organisation of the Central Departments: The Arrangements at Permanent Secretary Level") [reform of the CSD] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 4 Fr Major Civil Service: Bancroft minute to Whitmore ("Select Committee on the Treasury and the Civil Service") [paper on reform of the CSD] [declassified 2010]