Catalogue description Treasury: Public Services Sector, General Expenditure Policy (GEP Series) Files

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Reference: T 371
Title: Treasury: Public Services Sector, General Expenditure Policy (GEP Series) Files
Description:

The series contains files of the Public Services Sector, General Expenditure Policy Group (GEP Series).

Date: 1973-1981
Arrangement:

Within former reference order within chronological order.

Related material:

Similar earlier files are in:

T 316

T 331

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: GEP
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, General Expenditure Policy Group, 1975-1995

Physical description: 1098 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2006 Treasury

Accumulation dates: From 1975
Selection and destruction information: All surviving files selected, in accordance with Operational Selection Policy 15
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Under the 1975 re-organisation the General Expenditure functions formerly in the Public Sector Group were brigaded under the second permanent secretary, Public Services Sector.

General Expenditure Policy Group scrutinised all bids for future government expenditure and management of the Contingency Reserve, cash limits and arranged the presentation of expenditure programmes to the House of Commons. In addition it supported Programme Analysis and Review projects in government.

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