Archive

1983 Nov 2 - 1984 Sep 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1365
Regional policy (Review of regional policy; draft White Paper on regional industrial policy; review of urban policy and Urban Programme) (Part 6)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 235
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84 Jun 12 Tu Major Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Urban Programme Review") [assessment of options; next steps] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 15 Fr Major Regional Policy: Rees minute to MT ("Urban Policy and Programme Review: Report") [preliminary thoughts on Report & on Patrick Jenkin's & Robin Ibbs' proposals, in advance of meeting with MT on 2 July] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 21 Th Major Regional Policy: Tebbit letter to Tom King (revisions to RDG Scheme and map of Assisted Areas) [goal of "major savings in public expenditure" threatened by "heavy response to your consultation on draft boundaries"; travel-to-work areas & the Wales/England border] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Regional Policy: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("Urban Policy and Programme Review - Report") [preliminary meeting; options] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 28 Th Major Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("The Urban Programme - Policy Review") [recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 29 Fr Major Regional Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (Urban Policy and Programme Review: Report) [options] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 2 Mo Major Regional Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Jenkin, Rees, John Redwood, Robin Ibbs, Robert Armstrong) ["Urban Policy and Programme Review: Report"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 13 Fr Major Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("MISC 104 - the Urban Programme and Policy") [identification of weaknesses in Patrick Jenkin's paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 13 Fr Major Regional Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT (the Urban Programme and Urban Policy) [management proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 13 Fr Major Regional Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Objectives of Urban Policy and the Urban Programme") [background; Review recommendations; recap on outcomes from previous meeting/key issues; handling; conclusions] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 6 Mo Major Regional Policy: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Review of Regional Industrial Policy") [implementation of RDG Scheme/Assisted Area Map; EC approval; staffing changes/West Midlands; synthetic index/EC; delay between Royal Assent and Act coming into force] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 14 Tu Major Regional Policy: Edwards letter to Tebbit (Regional Policy Review) [synthetic index/EC; delay between Royal Assent and Act coming into effect; new grant arrangements; assisted area map; West Midlands] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 15 We Major Regional Policy: Lord Bellwin letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (Regional Policy: Assisted Area Map) [need to consult EC] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 16 Th Major Regional Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tebbit ("Regional Policy") [public expenditure savings; EU consultation; waiver of 2 month gap between Royal Assent and legislation coming into force] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 4 Tu Major Regional Policy: Younger letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Regional Policy Review") ["The new level of savings which you now propose goes beyond the decision about savings which we took in October last year"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 6 Th Major Regional Policy: Tebbit letter to Younger ("Review of Regional Policy: EC Consultation") [disagreement over extent of information to be given to EC] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 6 Th Major Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Regional Policy Review") ["drift in officials' thinking... will in my view become a further handicap to the Treasury during and beyond the PES bilaterals"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 28 Fr Major Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Review of Regional Industrial Policy E(A) on 3 October") [alternatives to Tebbit recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]