1979 Jul 6 - 1985 Mar 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1422
Broadcasting (Television licence fees: finances of BBC; pay in the BBC; review of external services) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 407 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Oct 13 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fee") [BBC application for fee increase] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Oct 28 We | Major | Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Telvision Licence Fees") [fee increase, efficiency audit at BBC] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Oct 30 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Michael Scholar minute to Whitelaw PS ("Telvision Licence Fees") [MT content with fee increases agreed] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Nov 3 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fees") [timing of announcement's impact on winter supplementary estimates] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Nov 26 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Whitelaw PS minute to Howe PS ("Telvision Licence Fees") [draft statement announcing fee increases agreed] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 82 Mar 30 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw ("BBC Pay") [proposed increase in basic salaries] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Major | Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("B.B.C. Pay") [BBC have to live within the revenue raised by licence fees] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Feb 4 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC External Services' Pay") [subjection to cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Feb 21 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute toFrancis Pym ("BBC External Services Pay") [cannot accept proposal of removing pay from cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Mar 14 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan (BBC pay) [External Services' pay] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Mar 17 Th | Minor | Broadcasting: Michael Heseltine minute to Francis Pym ("BBC External Services Pay") [meeting] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Mar 22 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute toFrancis Pym ("BBC External Services: Pay") [scope for further examination by officials] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Mar 30 We | Major | Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("B.B.C. Pay") [proposed settlement with unions] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Apr 5 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: John Coles minute to Whitelaw PS ("BBC Pay") [London weighting, differentials between ITV and BBC pay] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Apr 10 Su | Major | Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Leon Brittan (BBC External Services Pay) [options available] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Apr 12 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Whitelaw PS minute to John Coles ("BBC Pay") [London weighting, ITV comparison] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Apr 13 We | Major | Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC External Services' Pay") [a political point requiring a long-term solution] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Apr 29 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw (BBC Pay) [should take "a critical look at the limited amount of BBC expenditure which we can directly control"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Aug 1 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Peter Rees ("BBC External Services") [MT note: "they cannot go on increasing pay like this" and keep an "inefficient operation"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Aug 10 We | Major | Broadcasting: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services") [BBC should be told to live within their cash provision] [declassified Dec 2014] |