Correspondence and papers concerning Social Services Policy

Title

Correspondence and papers concerning Social Services Policy

Shelfmark

CPP/KJ 29/5

Summary

Correspondents include:

Abberley, Mrs L, Secretary, The Institute of Home Help Organisers

Baker, Kenneth, MP for St Marylebone

Bellairs, Charles, Conservative Research Department

Douglas, James, Conservative Research Department

Field, Frank, Child Poverty Action Group

Halliwell, Rex, Director, Family Service Units

Jenkin, Patrick, MP for Wanstead and Woodford, Conservative Spokesman for Social Services

Linstead, Sir Hugh

Madel, David, MP for South Bedfordshire

Mockler, Christopher, Social Services Desk, Conservative Research Department

Rogers, Sir Philip

Steen, Anthony, MP for Liverpool Wavertree

Subjects include:

Public sector pay and pensions

Mobility Allowances and cars for disabled drivers

Widows benefits

Redundancy payments

Fraudulent unemployment benefit claims

Home Responsibility Allowance

Compulsory occupational pensions

The impact of inflation upon Social Services

Job Creation Programme

Includes:

'Summary of a DHSS Paper, dated January 1974' [DHSS Paper referred to is not included], Author unknown

'Summary of a Cabinet Paper, January 1974, covering three alternative Bills for options in connection with supplementary benefit to strikers' families', Author unknown

Report, 'Back to the Thirties for the Poor? – Report No. 6: A Reappraisal', Frank Field, Child Poverty Action Group, n.d. [c1976]

Minutes of a Working Lunch at the Centre for Policy Studies between official of the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) and the Conservative Research Department, 03/03/1976

Paper, 'Public expenditure and the Health and Personal Social Services', Rudolf Klein, 10/05/1976

Annotated comments on a 'McKinsey & Co. Inc's Document on NHS Re-organisation' by Sir Philip Rogers [Document commented on is not included], 28/04/1976

Minutes of meeting between Keith Joseph and The Institute of Home Help Organisers, 01/10/1975

Conservative Research Department paper, ACP(76)4, 'Social Services Policy, October 1976', Patrick Jenkin, 27/10/1976

Press cuttings from the Birmingham Post, Yorkshire Post, Times and the Sun concerning the Conservatives' proposed plan to provide rental access to a pool of 40,000 British Leyland Minis to disabled drivers, 11/08/1977

Paper, 'Abuse and unfairness of the Social Security System and Supplementary Benefit for Strikers' Families', Kenneth Clarke, n.d.

Photocopies of articles provided to Sir Keith Joseph by the House of Commons Library in June 1975:

'Same money, better service' ( The Guardian, 16/12/1974)

'Low Pay Bulletin', Jan 1975

'Education: retrenchment is reform', Tyrell Burgess ( New Society, 06/02/1975)

'Housing: public money and private space' ( New Society, 13/02/1975)

'Social Work: where people are resources', Bill Utting ( New Society, 20/02/1975)

'Health: the social cost of doctors' discretion', AJ Culyer ( New Society, 27/02/1975)

'Social Security: poverty is the test of policy', AB Atkinson ( New Society, 13/03/1975)

'Reducing the Poor's Living Standards at a Stroke: A post-Budget memorandum to the Chancellor of the Exchequer', Child Poverty Action Group, Apr 1975

Report, 'Back to the Thirties for the Poor? – Report No. 1 on the Living Standards of the Poor in 1975', Frank Field, Child Poverty Action Group, May 1975

HM Treasury and Child Poverty Action Group press releases concerning meeting of Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey's with representatives of the Child Poverty Action Group, 04/06/1975 and 10/06/1975

Date

1974-May 1978, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file