Catalogue description HM Treasury: Public Services (Sector), Local Government (Group), Local Government (LG2) (Division): Registered Files (WLAC prefix)

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Details of T 517
Reference: T 517
Title: HM Treasury: Public Services (Sector), Local Government (Group), Local Government (LG2) (Division): Registered Files (WLAC prefix)
Description:

The records cover bilateral negotiations over annual spending and cash limits between the Treasury and the Department for the Environment / Local Government / Utilities. The records supposedly contain the ministerial bilateral discussions between the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the respective Secretary of State for the Environment; the private office papers were stored with the respective Treasury expenditure division to 1988.

The file prefix 'WLAC' denotes the registry file theme 'Water, Local Authority and Capital Expenditure'.

Date: 1980-1985
Arrangement:

The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: WLAC prefix
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, Public Services, 1983-1985
Physical description: 690 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2016 Treasury
Accumulation dates: 1982 to 1986
Selection and destruction information: RCP s.3.1.1 - government's management of the UK economy.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

From 1982 to 1984 the Public Services, Local Government, Local Government (LG2) Division was responsible for local government and water industry finance; inner city issues. From 1985 to 1986 Public Services became Financial Management: Public Services; and the remaining structures continued as before. The Division covered the following areas of bilateral discussion: Public Expenditure Survey; Water Services; Local Authority Capital Expenditure; Local Authority Pensions ; Local Authority Accounts and Audit; Urban Renewal [transferred to HOU – T493 15/10/1982]; Urban Development Corporations; European Community; Estimates; Delegated Powers; Financial Management; and, Local Authority Borrowing

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