Series
HM Treasury: Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir John Major: Private Office Papers
Catalogue reference: T 673
What's it about?
T 673
The series contains files regarding Sir John Major's time in office as the Chancellor of Exchequer from October 1989 to November 1990. The core contents of this series contains policy work and high level correspondence at Ministerial level.
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 673
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir John Major: Private Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1988-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains files regarding Sir John Major's time in office as the Chancellor of Exchequer from October 1989 to November 1990. The core contents of this series contains policy work and high level correspondence at Ministerial level.
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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 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)
- PO-CH/JM 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)
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- Treasury, 1667-1667
- John Major, 1943-1943
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 265 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 2021, 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 originally stored in 1 Horse Guards Road, London (the HM Treasury headquarters), until 2014 when they were moved for processing by a private contractor.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are anticipated.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records Collection Policy – criteria 3.1.1 The principal policies and actions of the UK central government and English and Welsh Governments; records that illustrate the government 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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Sir John Major was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in October 1989 after Nigel Lawson's resignation. Major delivered his first Autumn Statement on 15 November 1989 and he presented only one Budget which was also the first one to be televised live on 20 March 1990.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17205259/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
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HM Treasury: Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir John Major: Private Office Papers