1979 Oct 10 - 1984 Mar 6
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1248
Government machinery (Review of government statistical services, study led by Sir Derek Rayner; control of government statistical surveys)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 320 |
| Any docs withheld? |
PREM19/1248 - download whole file (PDF, 45.06 MB)
Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 30 of 30
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Mar 2 Mo | Major | Government machinery: Alan Walters minute to MT ("Use of Input-Output Tables") [advice on merits/demerits] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Major | Government machinery: Lord Soames minute to MT ("Review of the Government's Statistical Services") [findings; publication/White Paper; implementation of Rayner Efficiency reports recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Apr 13 Mo | Major | Government machinery: No.10 minute to Lord Soames PS (Review of the Government's Statistical Services) [publication; timing to coincide with Efficiency White Paper; civil service dispute] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Oct 19 Mo | Major | Government machinery: MT minute to Ministers in Charge of Departments ("Survey Control") ["Statistical surveys cost money... We must ensure we get full value": proposals "to encourage better (and perhaps fewer) surveys"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Dec 2 We | Major | Government machinery: Tebbit letter to Walker ("Proposed Merger of Family Expenditure Survey and National Food Survey") ["My main concern... is that confidence in the retail prices index must not be jeopardised... Accordingly I do not propose to authorise the merger"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 82 Jun 28 Mo | Major | Government machinery: MT letter to Director of Central Statistical Office (Review of Government Statistical Services) ["I am particularly delighted with the excellent progress on the implementation of Sir Derek Rayner's Review"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Mar 10 Th | Major | Government machinery: Peter Morrison minute to MT (Central Statistical Office) ["in trying to get changes made in a levy return form... we have lost a year"; MT shares concern about CSO performance] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jun 30 Th | Major | Government machinery: Lord Gowrie minute to MT ("Government Statistical Services: Annual Report 1982-83") [overview; issues of note; advice against publication] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Nov 18 Fr | Major | Government machinery: MT letter to Director of Central Statistical Office (Government Statistical Services: Annual Report 1982-83) [Written Statement to Parliament; "I should like to congratulate you and your staff on the splendid progress it records"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Feb 27 Mo | Major | Government machinery: Ingham minute to Barclay (Integrity of Government Statistics: Publication) [MT rejects case for circulating advice to Ministers] [declassified Jan 2014] |