1982 Sep 6 - 1983 Jan 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1157
Manpower (Measures to counter unemployment) (Part 8)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 294 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Sep 6 Mo | Minor | Manpower: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("Job Release Scheme: costs") [correction of figures] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 13 Mo | Major | Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Wakeham, Selwyn Gummer, Lord Young, Keith Joseph, John MacGregor, Alan Walters, Ferdinand Mount, John Sparrow) [measures to addresss unemployment] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 14 Tu | Major | Manpower: Walters minute to MT ("The Minford/Smith Unemployment Study") [analysis & advice] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 17 Fr | Major | Manpower: No.10 letter to Department of Employment (employment figures) [MT request for statistics] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 17 Fr | Major | Manpower: Central Policy Review Staff letter to No.10 ("Unemployment: seminar") ["As suggested at... [MT] meeting on Monday evening... a check-list of action points arising from our unemployment report, and from that discussion... [and] a note on the handling and timing of this further consideration"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 20 Mo | Major | Manpower: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Reports on unemployment by CPRS and No 10 Policy Unit: follow up") [summaries; next steps] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 21 Tu | Major | Manpower: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Young Workers Scheme") [proposed changes following review; MT opposes a rise in the earnings limits] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 22 We | Major | Manpower: Walters minute to MT ("Unemployment and Incentives - the Moral Hazards of Social Benefits Research Monograph 37 (IEA) by Hermione Parker") [analysis/summary & comparison with Minford/Smith study] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 27 Mo | Major | Manpower: Wakeham PS letter to No.10 ("Unemployment Benefit") [MT "asked John Wakeham to investigate her recollection that at one time it was necessary for a claimant to be 'actively seeking employment'"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 27 Mo | Major | Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Unemployment: the next steps") [key conclusions from CPRS & Minford studies; proposals] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 27 Mo | Major | Manpower: No.10 minute to MT ("Unemployment: CPRS and Minford/Smith studies") ["CPRS have produced an action check-list... as a follow-up to the evening discussion on 13 September"; proposed meeting with key Cabinet Ministers to follow-up] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 30 Th | Major | Manpower: No.10 letter to Department of Employment ("Job splitting scheme") [MT "has commented that she assumes that Civil Service participation... can be brought about at no extra cost"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 11 Mo | Major | Manpower: Walters minute to MT ("Secretary of State for Employment's proposals for Young Workers Scheme") [analysis] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 11 Mo | Major | Manpower: Tebbit letter to Nott ("The Youth Training Scheme and the Armed Forces") [MT enthusiastic about training scheme proposal] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 11 Mo | Major | Manpower: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Government policy on unemployment") ["On 14 [October]... we are to discuss the CPRS report on Unemployment and the Minford/Smith study... some immediate reactions in advance of that discussion"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 12 Tu | Major | Manpower: Walters minute to MT ("Government policy on unemployment - Chancellor's reactions of 11 October 1982") [outline of "some errors in the Chancellor's memorandum"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 12 Tu | Major | Manpower: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Young Workers' Scheme") [proposed changes to Scheme] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 13 We | Major | Manpower: Walters minute to MT ("Unemployment, Minford's Report and the Chancellor's Memorandum") [cost estimates] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 13 We | Major | Manpower: No.10 briefing for MT ("Unemployment/Minford/Smith") ["The papers before the meeting are the extracts from the CPRS and Minford reports"; summary of proposals] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 14 Th | Major | Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Whitelaw, Jenkin, Fowler, Tebbit) ["Unemployment"] [declassified Aug 2013] |