Box Blunkett Box 98
Contains 13 Results:
Formal minute sent to the Prime Minister relating to criminal justice and court reform legislation, 16 January 2002
Minute sent to the Prime Minister in advance of a meeting regarding modernising the criminal justice system. Contains an assessment of whether removing the right to elect jury trial and adopting an intermediate tribual is the best way of improving efficiency. Sent from/on behalf of the Attorney General, Lord Chancellor and Home Secretary.
Letter/memo regarding the Nationality and Asylum Bill, 21 January 2002
Letter to Bob Eagle, civil servant in the Home Office, where Blunkett raises concerns regarding suggestions that the Nationality and Asylum Bill be split into two separate bills.
Correspondence with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury regarding policing expenditure proposals, May 2002
Two letters regarding Blunkett's proposals for police expenditure as part of the 2002 Spending Review. Contains letter from Andrew Smith, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, asking Blunkett for a paper on police expenditure and asking for justifications for additional budget, 16 May 2002; and reply from Blunkett addressed to Paul Boateng, the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury, undated [late May 2002].
Papers relating to the Criminal Records Bureau, August 2002-September 2002
Letters, emails and memos sent to David Blunkett relating to issues with backlogs at the Criminal Records Bureau, in particular problems with undertaking background checks on teaching staff before the start of the 2002/2003 school year.
Letter from Paul Dacre to David Blunkett, 6 September 2002
Photocopy of letter from Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, replying to a letter from Blunkett (not held). The letter relates to an article published in the Daily Mail which misreported a speech made by Blunkett.
Letter to Tony Blair relating to reform of the Home Office, 20 September 2002
Letter from Blunkett to Blair concerning the process of reform in the Home Office and the services and agencies for which it is responsible. Marked as 'Strictly Personal and Private'.
Report: Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: the assessment of the British Government, September 2002
Blunkett's personal copy of the report known as the 'September Dossier' which was published on 24 September 2002.
Correspondence with Paul Boateng, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, October 2002
Correspondence between Blunkett and Boateng concerning Blunkett's speech to the 2002 Labour Conference, where Blunkett proposes to make an annoucement to increase police numbers.
Letter from Thomas Sowell of Stanford University, 10 October 2002
Letter from Sowell to Blunkett regarding an article he wrote in The Times newspaper.
Letter regarding employee checks at the Criminal Records Bureau, 17 October 2002
Letter to the Home Secretary's office from Bernard Herdan, Chief Executive of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), concerning an undercover reporter from the Sunday Times newspaper infiltrating the CRB offices.
Memos from Blunkett to staff in the Home Office, 4 November 2002
Two memos from David Blunkett to members of his team dated 4 November 2002. One relates to a review of NCIS (National Criminal Intelligence Service) and NCS. The other to proposals from Blunkett to introduce visa requirements for Jamaican nationals.
Letter from Peter Mandelson, 2002
Undated handwritten letter from Mandelson to Blunkett relating to various matters including the relationship between the Treasury and the Home Office.
Press cuttings, February 2002-November 2002
A series of press cuttings from 2002 collated by Blunkett's private office at the Home Office. Includes original press cuttings and photocopies of articles relating to Blunkett and his role as Home Secretary. Subjects include asylum costs, prisons, police reforms, crime, immigration including the Sangatte refugee camp, and the Iraq War.