1985 May 7 - 1985 Jul 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1517
Government Machinery (Rayner Scrutiny Programme: promotion of efficiency and elimination of waste) (Part 18)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 500 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 May 14 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT (report on implementation of efficiency scrutinies) ["The key problem...is delay"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 15 We | Major | Government Machinery: Rees minute to MT ("Policy Work and the Financial Management Initiative") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 16 Th | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Efficiency Scrutinies") [report on implementation of scrutinies] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 17 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Policy Work and the Financial Management Initiative") ["the will to fix and stick to tight budgets is weak in departments"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 17 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Property Repayment Services") [delegating responsibility for refurbishments to departments] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 17 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Private Secretaries of Ministers (implementation of efficiency scrutinies) ["implementation often lacks the same sense of urgency as the scrutiny itself"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 20 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: Gowrie minute to MT ("Policy Work and the FMI") [supports Rees's proposals] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 20 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Jenkin PS ("Property Repayment Services") [supports Jenkin's proposal] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 20 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Value for Money" seminar with Department of Employment) [request for Peter Morrison to attend] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 20 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: Tebbit minute to MT ("Public Purchasing Initiative (PPI)") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 23 Th | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Policy Work in the FMI") [assessing value for money of policy proposals] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 28 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Rees PS ("Policy Work in the FMI") [MT endorses Rees's proposals] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 3 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: Ibbs briefing to MT ("Department of Employment Group - Value for Money Seminar on 5 June at 4.00 PM") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 3 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: Rees minute to MT ("Public Purchasing Initiative (PPI)") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 4 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Value for Money Seminar with Department of Employment: Wednesday 5 June at 1615 Hours") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 5 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT-King-Morrison-Quinlan) ["Value for Money Seminar: Department of Employment Group"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 6 Th | Major | Employment: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Hard to Fill Vacancies: Note for the Prime Minister") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 11 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Department of Transport letter to No.10 ("Implementation of Efficiency Scrutinies") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 12 We | Major | Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT (Times article on Department of Trade & Industry efficiency scrutinies) [MT: "I think it would be worth Robin writing to the Times"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 13 Th | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Secretary (Times article on Department of Trade & Industry efficiency scrutinies) [declassified Dec 2014] |