Three Downing Street visitor books are included in this December’s Cabinet Office file release. The red leather-bound volumes are the first ever released by the Government and provide a fascinating insight into eminent visitors passing through the doors of Number 10 between 1970-2003.
The late Queen, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, and her husband Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, signed the books on several occasions, as did their son, the King, and other members of the Royal family.
Many other heads of state also left their signatures, some with personal messages. On 10 July 1996, six years after his release from prison, South African president Nelson Mandela wrote: “Visiting Downing Street, No 10, is always an unforgettable experience.”
Other world leaders who signed included Ronald Reagan, Benazir Bhutto, Mary Robinson, Idi Amin, Vaclav Havel and Haile Selassie.
The visitor books are among 328 Cabinet Office documents released today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2003-2004.
They cover a wide range of subject matter including climate change, counterterrorism, organised crime, Ofsted inspections, foot-and-mouth disease and GM food.
Of these files, The National Archives has digitised more than 140 which are available to download and view below from today. The rest of the files are available to order and read at The National Archives in Kew.
PREM 49 – Records of the Prime Minister’s Office: 1999-2003
- PREM 49/3397 (PDF, 169 MB)
- PREM 49/3400 (PDF, 166 MB)
- PREM 49/3402 (PDF, 133 MB)
- PREM 49/3403 (PDF, 202 MB)
- PREM 49/3404 (PDF, 170 MB)
- PREM 49/3417 (PDF, 158 MB)
- PREM 49/3422 (PDF, 125 MB)
- PREM 49/3423 (PDF, 174 MB)
- PREM 49/3425 (PDF, 145 MB)
- PREM 49/3452/1 (PDF, 103 MB)
- PREM 49/3452/2 (PDF, 164 MB)
- PREM 49/3453 (PDF, 235 MB)
- PREM 49/3454 (PDF, 126 MB)
- PREM 49/3455 (PDF, 260 MB)
- PREM 49/3478 (PDF, 177 MB)
- PREM 49/3479 (PDF, 157 MB)
- PREM 49/3480 (PDF, 285 MB)
- PREM 49/3502 (PDF, 241 MB)
- PREM 49/3504 (PDF, 149 MB)
- PREM 49/3507 (PDF, 186 MB)
- PREM 49/3512/1 (PDF, 239 MB)
- PREM 49/3512/2 (PDF, 110 MB)
- PREM 49/3513 (PDF, 130 MB)
- PREM 49/3514 (PDF, 149 MB)
- PREM 49/3520 (PDF, 198 MB)
- PREM 49/3521 (PDF, 198 MB)
- PREM 49/3542 (PDF, 158 MB)
- PREM 49/3543 (PDF, 121 MB)
- PREM 49/3544 (PDF, 205 MB)
- PREM 49/3548 (PDF, 181 MB)
- PREM 49/3549 (PDF, 148 MB)
- PREM 49/3550 (PDF, 161 MB)
- PREM 49/3553 (PDF, 167 MB)
- PREM 49/3554 (PDF, 297 MB)
- PREM 49/3555 (PDF, 144 MB)
- PREM 49/3556 (PDF, 222 MB)
- PREM 49/3557 (PDF, 170 MB)
- PREM 49/3558 (PDF, 152 MB)
- PREM 49/3559 (PDF, 143 MB)
- PREM 49/3562 (PDF, 192 MB)
- PREM 49/3563 (PDF, 230 MB)
- PREM 49/3564 (PDF, 134 MB)
- PREM 49/3567 (PDF, 214 MB)
- PREM 49/3569 (PDF, 224 MB)
- PREM 49/3570 (PDF, 382 MB)
- PREM 49/3571 (PDF, 207 MB)
- PREM 49/3572 (PDF, 145 MB)
- PREM 49/3573 (PDF, 169 MB)
- PREM 49/3574 (PDF, 201 MB)
- PREM 49/3576 (PDF, 126 MB)
- PREM 49/3577 (PDF, 194 MB)
- PREM 49/3578 (PDF, 96 MB)
- PREM 49/3580 (PDF, 97 MB)
- PREM 49/3581 (PDF, 208 MB)
- PREM 49/3582 (PDF, 513 MB)
- PREM 49/3645/1 (PDF, 207 MB)
- PREM 49/3645/2 (PDF, 133 MB)
- PREM 49/3654 (PDF, 239 MB)
- PREM 49/3655 (PDF, 224 MB)
- PREM 49/3656 (PDF, 279 MB)
- PREM 49/3657/1 (PDF, 198 MB)
- PREM 49/3657/2 (PDF, 93 MB)
- PREM 49/3658 (PDF, 149 MB)
- PREM 49/3659 (PDF, 321 MB)
- PREM 49/3660/1 (PDF, 165 MB)
- PREM 49/3660/2 (PDF, 274 MB)
- PREM 49/3661 (PDF, 291 MB)
- PREM 49/3698 (PDF, 127 MB)
- PREM 49/3706 (PDF, 321 MB)
- PREM 49/3707 (PDF, 200 MB)
- PREM 49/3708 (PDF, 390 MB)
- PREM 49/3709 (PDF, 286 MB)
- PREM 49/3714 (PDF, 184 MB)
- PREM 49/3715 (PDF, 171 MB)
- PREM 49/3716 (PDF, 198 MB)
- PREM 49/3717 (PDF, 175 MB)
- PREM 49/3730 (PDF, 213 MB)
- PREM 49/3731 (PDF, 192 MB)
- PREM 49/3739 (PDF, 106 MB)
- PREM 49/3742 (PDF, 116 MB)
- PREM 49/3743 (PDF, 202 MB)
- PREM 49/3752 (PDF, 192 MB)
- PREM 49/3786 (PDF, 133 MB)
- PREM 49/3795 (PDF, 162 MB)
- PREM 49/3796 (PDF, 119 MB)
- PREM 49/3801 (PDF, 23 MB)
PREM 53 – Downing Street Visitors Book
CAB 128 – Conclusions of Cabinet Meetings. Meetings 1-39,
CAB 129 – Cabinet Memoranda Legislative Programme: papers 1-10
CAB 130 – Ministerial Committee on Freedom of Information: meetings 1-7, papers 1-18
- CAB 130/1614 (PDF, 3 MB)
- CAB 130/1615 (PDF, 189 MB)
- CAB 130/1616 (PDF, 125 MB)
- CAB 130/1617 (PDF, 134 MB)
- CAB 130/1618 (PDF, 139 MB)
- CAB 130/1619 (PDF, 9 MB)
- CAB 130/1620 (PDF, 62 MB)
- CAB 130/1621 (PDF, 41 MB)
- CAB 130/1622 (PDF, 224 MB)
- CAB 130/1623 (PDF, 304 MB)
- CAB 130/1624 (PDF, 164 MB)
- CAB 130/1625 (PDF, 159 MB)
- CAB 130/1626 (PDF, 110 MB)
- CAB 130/1627 (PDF, 213 MB)
- CAB 130/1628 (PDF, 50 MB)
- CAB 130/1629 (PDF, 25 MB)
CAB 134 – Miscellaneous Committees: Minutes and Papers (General Series)
- CAB 134/6653 (PDF, 3 MB)
- CAB 134/6654 (PDF, 27 MB)
- CAB 134/6655 (PDF, 3 MB)
- CAB 134/6656 (PDF, 4 MB)
- CAB 134/6657 (PDF, 36 MB)
- CAB 134/6658 (PDF, 189 MB)
- CAB 134/6659 (PDF, 107 MB)
- CAB 134/6660 (PDF, 59 MB)
- CAB 134/6661 (PDF, 4 MB)
- CAB 134/6662 (PDF, 166 MB)
- CAB 134/6663 (PDF, 20 MB)
- CAB 134/6664 (PDF, 12 MB)
- CAB 134/6665 (PDF, 62 MB)
- CAB 134/6666 (PDF, 33 MB)
- CAB 134/6667 (PDF, 78 MB)
- CAB 134/6668 (PDF, 24 MB)
- CAB 134/6669 (PDF, 133 MB)
- CAB 134/6670 (PDF, 76 MB)
- CAB 134/6671 (PDF, 46 MB)
- CAB 134/6684 (PDF, 48 MB)
- CAB 134/6685 (PDF, 13 MB)
- CAB 134/6686 (PDF, 105 MB)
- CAB 134/6687 (PDF, 172 MB)
- CAB 134/6688 (PDF, 200 MB)
- CAB 134/6689 (PDF, 193 MB)
- CAB 134/6690 (PDF, 168 MB)
- CAB 134/6691 (PDF, 107 MB)
- CAB 134/6692 (PDF, 246 MB)
- CAB 134/6693 (PDF, 146 MB)
- CAB 134/6694 (PDF, 102 MB)
- CAB 134/6697 (PDF, 82 MB)
- CAB 134/6698 (PDF, 34 MB)
- CAB 134/6703 (PDF, 217 MB)
- CAB 134/6704 (PDF, 143 MB)
- CAB 134/6705 (PDF, 12 MB)
- CAB 134/6715 (PDF, 150 MB)
