Series
HM Treasury: Financial Management and the 'Next Steps' Programme: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: T 644
What's it about?
T 644
These records cover the financial management standards and requirements for the new Next Steps agencies that HM Treasury had an interest to monitor and control.
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 644
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Financial Management and the 'Next Steps' Programme: Registered Files (FMNS prefix)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1986-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records cover the financial management standards and requirements for the new Next Steps agencies that HM Treasury had an interest to monitor and control.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in chronological and 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)
- FMNS 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Treasury, 1667-1667
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 252 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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From 2017 Treasury
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records were held by HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1, until 2011 whereupon they were stored with a third party contractor for disposal and preparation for transfer to The National Archives.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1987 to 1993
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records Collection Policy s 3.1.1 The principal policies and actions of the UK central government and English and Welsh Governments - records that illustrate the governments role in the management of the UK economy.
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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 FM 1 Division (part of Financial Management Group, Financial Management, Public Services sector) created the records from 1987 to 1988. The FMNS prefix then passed over to Financial Management Division (part of Management Policy and Running Costs Group, Public Services sector) in 1989. From 1990 to 1993, the Public Services sector was retitled the Civil Service Management and Pay sector. The FMNS prefix was terminated in 1993.
Next Steps:
The Next Steps initiative is seen as one of the two or three key reform moments in the development of the Civil Service. It was a direct consequence of the 'lasting reforms' agenda of Sir Derek (later Lord) Rayner (Margaret Thatcher's efficiency adviser) in the early 1980s. For good or ill it fundamentally changed the shape and mindset of the Civil Service, not just within the agencies it created, but across the remainder of Whitehall. Subsequent reforms (Bringing In and Bringing On Talent, Public Service Agreements and the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, and Capability Reviews) drew explicitly and heavily on the lessons from this approach to change in the Civil Service, and they could not have happened without it.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16285351/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
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HM Treasury: Financial Management and the 'Next Steps' Programme: Registered Files (FMNS prefix)