1980 Feb 8 - 1981 Jul 14
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/406
Civil service (Annual scrutiny of departmental running costs) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 288 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| 80 Feb 15 Fr | Major | Civil Service: Rayner minute to MT ("Departmental Running Costs and Related Matters") [Rayner scrutiny of running costs: note of guidance for Ministers] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 23 Tu | Major | Civil Service: Rayner minute to MT ("Annual Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [administrative costs have risen "by a staggering 25 per cent over last year": MT: "These figures are disgraceful"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 31 We | Major | Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Rayner) [annual scrutiny of Departmental running costs] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 9 Fr | Major | Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Annual Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [draft Cabinet paper] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 20 Tu | Major | Civil Service: Rayner minute to MT ("Annual Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [thoughts before Cabinet meeting] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 21 We | Major | Civil Service: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Annual Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs (C(81) 5)") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 11 Mo | Major | Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("1980 Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 18 Mo | Major | Civil Service: Rayner minute to MT ("1980 Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs: Results of Further Analysis") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 22 Fr | Major | Civil Service: Rickett minute to MT ("1980 Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [MT: "What these papers [on running costs] reveal is insufficient concern at the cost and very little resolve to tackle it...My worst fears of CSD are confirmed"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 28 Th | Major | Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("1980 Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [comments on Soames' proposals] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 1 Mo | Major | Civil Service: No.10 letter to Lord President's Office ("1980 Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [MT's comments on Soames' proposals] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 10 Fr | Major | Civil Service: Lord President's Office letter to No.10 ("1980 Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [response to MT's feedback] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 14 Tu | Major | Civil Service: No.10 letter to Department of the Environment ("Scrutiny of Departmental Running Costs") [MT requests presentation by Heseltine and his key officials on cost control] [declassified 2011] |