Archive

1990 Mar 1 - 1991 Apr 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3429
Local Government (Relations between central and local government: local authority expenditure; Local Government Review; structure of local government) (Part 38)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 423
Any docs withheld?

PREM19/3429 - download whole file (PDF, 0 bytes)

Selections from this file

Showing items 1 - 20 of 61

Per page:
Date Value Title
90 Mar 1 Th Major Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Chris Patten ("Local Authority Current: Arrangements for Handling the 1990 Survey") [timetable and information for decisions] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 2 Fr Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to John MacGregor ("1991/92 Local Authority Grant Settlement") [discussing spending with local authority associations] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 5 Mo Minor Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Local Authority Extravagance") [adverts for public relations people] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 6 Tu Major Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Norman Lamont ("LA Revenue: Arrangements for Handling the 1990 Survey") [a July settlement is preferable] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 6 Tu Minor Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("1991/2 Local Authority Grant Settlement") [significant changes to remit for discussions with authorities] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 7 We Major Community Charge: John Major minute to MT ("The Public Works Loan Board") [lending to local authorities] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 12 Mo Minor Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to Major PS ("The Public Works Loan Board") [MT thinks keep the Board but phase out cheaper loans over time] [released July 2017]
90 Apr 24 Tu Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to John MacGregor ("1991-92 Local Authority Grant Settlement") [changes sought by local authority associations] [released July 2017]
90 Apr 25 We Minor Community Charge: David Hunt minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Control of Inflation (Local Government) Bill") [major constitutional change to introduce a central, statutory constraint on local authority spending] [released July 2017]
90 May 2 We Major Community Charge: Robin Butler minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Functions of Local Authorities") [need to look at additional responsibilities being imposed, possibility of a larger review] [released July 2017]
90 May 3 Th Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Robin Butler ("Functions of Local Authorities") [additional burdens on authorities, existing functions of authorities] [released July 2017]
90 May 17 Th Major Community Charge: Cabinet Office note for MT ("Functions of Local Authorities") [scope for exercising greater central government control] [released July 2017]
90 May 18 Fr Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Robin Butler ("Functions of Local Authorities") [which level of government has control over education] [released July 2017]
90 Jun 11 Mo Minor Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to Norman Lamont ("PES 1990: English Local Authority Block: Capital Receipts Taken into Account") [content with proposals] [released July 2017]
90 Jun 22 Fr Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to Policy Unit ("Local Government: Some Longer-Term Issues") [MT concerned that the charge "would provide an insufficiently buoyant source of local revenue"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 16 Mo Major Community Charge: John Major minute to Chris Patten ("Local Authority Financial Assets and Capital Spending") [proposal to legislate to require authorities to use reserved receipts to repay debt] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 22 Su Major Community Charge: David Hunt minute to Norman Lamont ("Welsh RSG Settlement") [parity of treatment for Scotland] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 22 Su Major Community Charge: David Hunt minute to MT (Welsh local government finance settlement) [parity with Scotland] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 23 Mo Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Geoffrey Howe ("New Burdens on Local Government") [lists of central government initiatives] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 23 Mo Minor Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("AEF Settlement for 1991-92") [proposals for Scotland] [released July 2017]