We have digitised 200 files which have been released by the Cabinet Office.
This release includes previously retained files from the Prime Minister’s Office covering Tony Blair’s administration. It also includes records from the administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
The files will be available to search in due course via our online catalogue – Discovery.
Meanwhile they are available to download and view below.
Due to their large size, we recommend you save them to your desktop before opening them.
They include:
- CAB 164: Cabinet Office Subject (Theme Series) Files
- PREM 49: Prime Minister’s Office, Correspondence and Papers, 1997-2010
CAB 164: Cabinet Office Subject (Theme Series) Files
- CAB 164/1965 (PDF, 63 MB)
- CAB 164/1967 (PDF, 84 MB)
- CAB 164/1971 (PDF, 84 MB)
- CAB 164/1972 (PDF, 183 MB)
- CAB 164/1976 (PDF, 199 MB)
- CAB 164/1978/1 (PDF, 207 MB)
- CAB 164/1978/2 (PDF, 159 MB)
- CAB 164/1981 (PDF, 138 MB)
- CAB 164/1983/1 (PDF, 140 MB)
- CAB 164/1983/2 (PDF, 129 MB)
- CAB 164/1987 (PDF, 253 MB)
- CAB 164/1988 (PDF, 213 MB)
- CAB 164/1997 (PDF, 73 MB)
- CAB 164/1998 (PDF, 122 MB)
- CAB 164/2003 (PDF, 75 MB)
- CAB 164/2004 (PDF, 133 MB)
- CAB 164/2005 (PDF, 131 MB)
- CAB 164/2022/1 (PDF, 140 MB)
- CAB 164/2022/2 (PDF, 110 MB)
- CAB 164/2023/1 (PDF, 166 MB)
- CAB 164/2023/2 (PDF, 139 MB)
- CAB 164/2024 (PDF, 279 MB)
- CAB 164/2025 (PDF, 102 MB)
- CAB 164/2041 (PDF, 173 MB)
- CAB 164/2042/1 (PDF, 17 MB)
- CAB 164/2042/2 (PDF, 203 MB)
- CAB 164/2044/1 (PDF, 286 MB)
- CAB 164/2044/2 (PDF, 212 MB)
- CAB 164/2045 (PDF, 274 MB)
- CAB 164/2046 (PDF, 105 MB)
- CAB 164/2047 (PDF, 242 MB)
- CAB 164/2048/1 (PDF, 188 MB)
- CAB 164/2048/2 (PDF, 151 MB)
- CAB 164/2049 (PDF, 302 MB)
- CAB 164/2050 (PDF, 252 MB)
- CAB 164/2051/1 (PDF, 198 MB)
- CAB 164/2051/2 (PDF, 170 MB)
- CAB 164/2052/1 (PDF, 272 MB)
- CAB 164/2052/2 (PDF, 186 MB)
- CAB 164/2054 (PDF, 180 MB)
- CAB 164/2058 (PDF, 233 MB)
- CAB 164/2061 (PDF, 88 MB)
- CAB 164/2063 (PDF, 229 MB)
- CAB 164/2065 (PDF, 209 MB)
- CAB 164/2068/1 (PDF, 223 MB)
- CAB 164/2068/2 (PDF, 92 MB)
- CAB 164/2069/1 (PDF, 209 MB)
- CAB 164/2070 (PDF, 281 MB)
- CAB 164/2071/1 (PDF, 59 MB)
- CAB 164/2071/2 (PDF, 66 MB)
- CAB 164/2072 (PDF, 95 MB)
- CAB 164/2073 (PDF, 249 MB)
- CAB 164/2074 (PDF, 80 MB)
- CAB 164/2090 (PDF, 256 MB)
- CAB 164/2095 (PDF, 281 MB)
- CAB 164/2104 (PDF, 25 MB)
- CAB 164/2105 (PDF, 58 MB)
- CAB 164/2117 (PDF, 21 MB)
- CAB 164/2125/1 (PDF, 183 MB)
- CAB 164/2125/2 (PDF, 190 MB)
- CAB 164/2126 (PDF, 280 MB)
- CAB 164/2127 (PDF, 275 MB)
- CAB 164/2129 (PDF, 292 MB)
- CAB 164/2130 (PDF, 201 MB)
- CAB 164/2132/1 (PDF, 254 MB)
- CAB 164/2132/2 (PDF, 19 MB)
- CAB 164/2132/3 (PDF, 90 MB)
- CAB 164/2134 (PDF, 293 MB)
- CAB 164/2135 (PDF, 70 MB)
- CAB 164/2136 (PDF, 152 MB)
- CAB 164/2137 (PDF, 61 MB)
- CAB 164/2138 (PDF, 269 MB)
- CAB 164/2139 (PDF, 235 MB)
- CAB 164/2142 (PDF, 80 MB)
- CAB 164/2143/1 (PDF, 190 MB)
- CAB 164/2143/2 (PDF, 177 MB)
- CAB 164/2143/3 (PDF, 75 MB)
- CAB 164/2144 (PDF, 61 MB)
- CAB 164/2146/1 (PDF, 264 MB)
- CAB 164/2146/2 (PDF, 97 MB)
- CAB 164/2147 (PDF, 232 MB)
- CAB 164/2148 (PDF, 298 MB)
- CAB 164/2149 (PDF, 300 MB)
- CAB 164/2150/1 (PDF, 282 MB)
- CAB 164/2150/2 (PDF, 263 MB)
- CAB 164/2151/1 (PDF, 254 MB)
- CAB 164/2151/2 (PDF, 241 MB)
- CAB 164/2152 (PDF, 248 MB)
- CAB 164/2153 (PDF, 81 MB)
- CAB 164/2154/1 (PDF, 73 MB)
- CAB 164/2154/2 (PDF, 269 MB)
- CAB 164/2155/1 (PDF, 286 MB)
- CAB 164/2155/2 (PDF, 25 MB)
- CAB 164/2155/3 (PDF, 19 MB)
- CAB 164/2157 (PDF, 181 MB)
- CAB 164/2160 (PDF, 105 MB)
- CAB 164/2162/1 (PDF, 254 MB)
- CAB 164/2162/2 (PDF, 19 MB)
- CAB 164/2165 (PDF, 211 MB)
PREM 49: Prime Minister’s Office, Correspondence and Papers, 1997-2010
- PREM 49/1158 (PDF, 170 MB)
- PREM 49/1229 (PDF, 167 MB)
- PREM 49/1266 (PDF, 176 MB)
- PREM 49/1401 (PDF, 134 MB)
- PREM 49/1471 (PDF, 116 MB)
- PREM 49/1670 (PDF, 215 MB)
- PREM 49/1672 (PDF, 264 MB)
- PREM 49/1692 (PDF, 119 MB)
- PREM 49/1945 (PDF, 152 MB)
- PREM 49/2004 (PDF, 148 MB)
- PREM 49/2032 (PDF, 106 MB)
- PREM 49/2094 (PDF, 14 MB)
- PREM 49/2127 (PDF, 171 MB)
- PREM 49/2164 (PDF, 152 MB)
- PREM 49/2227 (PDF, 62 MB)
- PREM 49/2277 (PDF, 52 MB)
- PREM 49/2423 (PDF, 166 MB)
- PREM 49/2545 (PDF, 217 MB)
- PREM 49/2735 (PDF, 137 MB)
- PREM 49/2737 (PDF, 149 MB)
- PREM 49/2740 (PDF, 221 MB)
- PREM 49/2742 (PDF, 185 MB)
- PREM 49/2744 (PDF, 140 MB)
- PREM 49/2746 (PDF, 79 MB)
- PREM 49/2748 (PDF, 158 MB)
- PREM 49/2765 (PDF, 140 MB)
- PREM 49/2766 (PDF, 135 MB)
- PREM 49/2767 (PDF, 131 MB)
- PREM 49/2770 (PDF, 132 MB)
- PREM 49/2797 (PDF, 164 MB)
- PREM 49/2859 (PDF, 242 MB)
- PREM 49/2900 (PDF, 121 MB)
- PREM 49/3040 (PDF, 220 MB)
- PREM 49/3041 (PDF, 157 MB)
- PREM 49/3046 (PDF, 114 MB)
- PREM 49/3054 (PDF, 158 MB)
- PREM 49/3069 (PDF, 203 MB)
- PREM 49/3208 (PDF, 227 MB)
- PREM 49/3237 (PDF, 182 MB)
- PREM 49/3254 (PDF, 177 MB)
- PREM 49/3255 (PDF, 166 MB)
- PREM 49/3256 (PDF, 160 MB)
- PREM 49/3257 (PDF, 199 MB)
- PREM 49/3258 (PDF, 211 MB)
- PREM 49/3262 (PDF, 181 MB)
- PREM 49/3263 (PDF, 132 MB)
- PREM 49/3264 (PDF, 163 MB)
- PREM 49/3266 (PDF, 187 MB)
- PREM 49/3267 (PDF, 131 MB)
- PREM 49/3268 (PDF, 124 MB)
- PREM 49/3270 (PDF, 197 MB)
- PREM 49/3286 (PDF, 129 MB)
- PREM 49/3306 (PDF, 295 MB)
- PREM 49/3320 (PDF, 209 MB)
- PREM 49/3381 (PDF, 243 MB)
- PREM 49/3387 (PDF, 110 MB)
- PREM 49/3411 (PDF, 264 MB)
- PREM 49/3413 (PDF, 221 MB)
- PREM 49/3414 (PDF, 302 MB)
- PREM 49/3415 (PDF, 154 MB)
- PREM 49/3426 (PDF, 140 MB)
- PREM 49/3456 (PDF, 158 MB)
- PREM 49/3464 (PDF, 265 MB)
- PREM 49/3496 (PDF, 196 MB)
- PREM 49/3497 (PDF, 164 MB)
- PREM 49/3498 (PDF, 289 MB)
- PREM 49/3501 (PDF, 144 MB)
- PREM 49/3505 (PDF, 197 MB)
- PREM 49/3509 (PDF, 76 MB)
- PREM 49/3510 (PDF, 245 MB)
- PREM 49/3541 (PDF, 149 MB)
- PREM 49/3560 (PDF, 145 MB)
- PREM 49/3561 (PDF, 109 MB)
- PREM 49/3565 (PDF, 248 MB)
- PREM 49/3566 (PDF, 209 MB)
- PREM 49/3575 (PDF, 259 MB)
- PREM 49/3579 (PDF, 208 MB)
- PREM 49/3586 (PDF, 246 MB)
- PREM 49/3596 (PDF, 180 MB)
- PREM 49/3634 (PDF, 118 MB)
- PREM 49/3651 (PDF, 108 MB)
- PREM 49/3663 (PDF, 218 MB)
- PREM 49/3669 (PDF, 156 MB)
- PREM 49/3676 (PDF, 135 MB)
- PREM 49/3680 (PDF, 147 MB)
- PREM 49/3686 (PDF, 149 MB)
- PREM 49/3689 (PDF, 95 MB)
- PREM 49/3690 (PDF, 109 MB)
- PREM 49/3692 (PDF, 170 MB)
- PREM 49/3695 (PDF, 146 MB)
- PREM 49/3711 (PDF, 232 MB)
- PREM 49/3726 (PDF, 219 MB)
- PREM 49/3732 (PDF, 124 MB)
- PREM 49/3734 (PDF, 110 MB)
- PREM 49/3793 (PDF, 155 MB)
- PREM 49/3804 (PDF, 23 MB)
- PREM 49/3807 (PDF, 78 MB)
