1985 Aug 5 - 1986 May 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1839
Mapower (Employment policy: enterprise and employment measures; feasibility study of a 'Workfare' scheme to replace long term unemployment in UK) (Part 3)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 415 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 39 of 39
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Dec 19 Th | Major | Manpower: David Trippier PS letter to No.10 (regional employment data) [MT request for evidence to counter ‘bias towards the South East’ claim] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jan 22 We | Major | Manpower: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (regional employment data) [MT request for evidence to counter ‘bias towards the South East’ claim] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jan 27 Mo | Major | Manpower: Department of Employment letter to No.10 (“Two Year YTS”) [Youth Training Scheme] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jan 27 Mo | Major | Manpower: Lord Young letter to Edwards (“Two Year YTS”) [launch of Youth Training Scheme marketing campaign] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Feb 10 Mo | Major | Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (“Department of Employment Publicity Campaign”) [MT supports proposal to raise public awareness of opportunities for the unemployed] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Feb 21 Fr | Major | Manpower: Keith Joseph letter to Lord Young (“DE and MSC Programmes for Enterprise, Employment and Training”) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Feb 26 We | Major | Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Emmanuel Kaye, Anthony Bamford and the Unquoted Companies’ Group) [employment legislation] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Mar 3 Mo | Major | Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Young) [incentives to work] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Mar 21 Fr | Major | Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (promotion of enterprise, employment and training) [MT concerned about staggered nature of forthcoming papers] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Apr 3 Th | Major | Manpower: John MacGregor letter to Lord Young (“Presentation of Enterprise, Employment and Training Policies”) [need for consistency & the financial implications of White Paper proposals on vocational education and training] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Apr 8 Tu | Major | Manpower: No.10 letter to Lord Young PS (“Workfare”) [MT urgent request for report on feasibility of introducing a US-style system of compulsion to work or train in return for benefits] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 2 Fr | Major | Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (Workfare) [MT request for report on feasibility of introducing a US-style system of compulsion to work or train in return for benefits] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 6 Tu | Major | Manpower: Tom King letter to Lord Young (promoting enterprise and employment) [proposed new budget measures] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 9 Fr | Major | Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Workfare”) [“someone can now carry on receiving benefit as unemployed without ever having to go near a job centre”] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 9 Fr | Major | Manpower: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (“Training Provided by the Armed Forces”) [MOD article on benefits for the wider economy] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 12 Mo | Major | Manpower: John MacGregor minute to MT (“Workfare”) [concerns about proposed extension of scheme to those unemployed over 6 months] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 14 We | Major | Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (“Workfare”) [defense of proposed pilot extension of scheme to those unemployed over 6 months] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 29 Th | Major | Manpower: John MacGregor minute to MT (“Workfare”) [concerns addressed regarding pilot extension of scheme to those unemployed over 6 months] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 30 Fr | Major | Manpower: No.10 briefing MT (“Workfare”) [“requirement to work or train in return for remaining on benefit”] [declassified 2014] |