Series
Records of the Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1979-1997
Catalogue reference: PREM 19
What's it about?
PREM 19
The records in this series cover the Conservative administration of 1979 to 1997. Files relate to all matters in which the Prime Minister was involved, except for honours and patronage. Please note: Digital images of selected files from this...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PREM 19
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1979-1997
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1976-1997
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
The records in this series cover the Conservative administration of 1979 to 1997. Files relate to all matters in which the Prime Minister was involved, except for honours and patronage.
Please note: Digital images of selected files from this series are available to download.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Prime Minister's Office, 1916-1916
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6394 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
From 2006 Cabinet Office
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The majority of these files are selected for permanent preservation as they range across all the topics within the TNA Acquisition Policy criterion 2.1.1 concerning the policy and administrative processes of the state.
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister from May 1979 to November 1990.
John Major was Prime Minister from November 1990 to May 1997.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16444/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: PREM
Records of the Prime Minister's Office
You are currently looking at the series: PREM 19
Records of the Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1979-1997