1981 Nov 4 - 1982 Jul 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/780
Government machinery (Organisation of Treasury and Civil Service Department (CSD); reorganisation of the central departments; creation of Management and Personnel Office (MPO); future of Efficiency Unit; policy advice for Prime Minister) (Part 5)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 303 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Nov 6 Fr | Major | Government machinery: Head of Civil Service Department PS letter to No.10 (“Reorganisation of the Central Departments”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 11 We | Major | Government machinery: Buckingham Palace letter to no.10 (appointment of Douglas Wass and Robert Armstrong as joint Heads of the Civil Service) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 11 We | Major | Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Future of the Central Departments”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 12 Th | Major | Government machinery: record of conversation (“John Ward, General Secretary, FDA/Robin Day, World at One Thursday 12 November”) [abolition of Civil Service Department] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 12 Th | Major | Government machinery: No.10 speaking note for MT (“The Reorganisation of the Central Departments”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 12 Th | Major | Government machinery: Young letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Organisation of the Central Departments”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 12 Th | Major | Government machinery: Ingham minute to no.10 (“CSD’s Demise - Press”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 13 Fr | Major | Government machinery: No.10 note to MT (Lord Soames statement in House of Lords) [re-organisation of civil service “not going far enough”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 19 Th | Major | Government machinery: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster office letter to No.10 (Transfer of Functions Order) [re-organisation of central civil service departments] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Major | Government machinery: MT letter to Council of Civil Service Unions (“Abolition of Civil Service Department”) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jan 20 We | Major | Government machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Government Hospitality Fund”) [transfer of the Fund to FCO] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 5 Fr | Major | Government machinery: Young letter to MT (“MPO’s Action Document”) [Management and Personnel Office objectives for 1982-83] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 26 Fr | Major | Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (merger of Rayner Unit with MPO) [Management and Personnel Office] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 5 Fr | Major | Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to no.10 (“The Rayner Unit”) [future of the Rayner Unit and MPO] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 11 Th | Major | Government machinery: Rayner Unit minute to no.10 (“The Rayner Unit”) [regarding proposed new advisory unit to report direct to MT] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 18 Th | Major | Government machinery: Rayner Unit note to No.10 (MPO’s Early Tasks) [“early view of the attached, together with the rude comments of my staff”] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 18 Th | Major | Government machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Armstrong, Rayner “The Rayner Unit”) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Major | Government machinery: Wright minute to No.10 (transfer of the Government hospitality fund) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 19 Mo | Major | Government machinery: Brittan minute to MT (“MPO’s Early Tasks”) [Management and Personnel Office] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 18 Fr | Major | Government machinery: Rayner minute to MT (“Integration of Manpower and Expenditure Control in the Treasury”) [“Integration is very much in line with my thinking”] [declassified 2012] |