Series
HM Treasury: Public Services Sector, Accounts and Purchasing Group, Management Accounting...
Catalogue reference: T 468
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T 468
Records preserved from this function comprise those relating to the reform and scrutiny of financial management across government departments. This work was catalysed by the Rayner Scrutiny of government in 1981, carried out by Prime Minister...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 468
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Public Services Sector, Accounts and Purchasing Group, Management Accounting and Purchasing Policy Division: Registered Files (GASS prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1981-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records preserved from this function comprise those relating to the reform and scrutiny of financial management across government departments.
This work was catalysed by the Rayner Scrutiny of government in 1981, carried out by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's adviser on waste, bureaucracy and efficiency in government - Sir Derek Rayner. The roots of such Scrutiny in government can, in turn, be traced back to the Report on the Control of Public Expenditure created by a Parliament backed independent committee chaired by Sir Edwin Plowden (published in 1961) which had been critical of Treasury's control of public expenditure. The Plowden Report had originally recommended better use of the techniques of management and measurement and emphasised the importance of improving management throughout the public service. The Rayner Scrutiny and measures adopted by Treasury for higher standards of accounting can be viewed as a continuation of this theme. The Treasury worked closely with the Cabinet Office 'Prime Minister's Efficiency Unit' during the 1980s and records reflecting these characteristics are preserved here.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Records are arranged in file prefix order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GASS prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 149 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2013-2016 Treasury
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1982 to 1986
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Management Accounting and Purchasing Policy Division was created during the 1981 reorganisation of HM Treasury.
From 1984 the Division name changed to the Accountancy, Finance and Audit Division
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13335441/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
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HM Treasury: Public Services Sector, Accounts and Purchasing Group, Management Accounting and Purchasing Policy Division: Registered Files (GASS prefix)