In brief
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In brief is also important because voters have a legitimate interest in whether the Government is delivering value for money with the money that it is spent on public services on their behalf.’
Statistical Developments Improvements to ONS outputs
Measuring performance in our public services
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Transfer of Civil Service statistics collection to ONS
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s part of an ONS-led programme of work across government departments to improve the consistency, timeliness and coverage of public sector employment statistics, ONS took over responsibility from the Cabinet Office for collecting and publishing statistics on total employment in the Civil Service from the fourth quarter of 2004, launching a new quarterly survey. At that time, the Cabinet Office retained responsibility for the publication of breakdowns by government department, the collection of more detailed statistics on the profile of the Civil Service, for example, region, diversity, skills and pay via the Mandate survey, and the collection of Senior Civil Service statistics. Following a strategic review of the role of the Cabinet Office in the data collection and analysis of Civil Service personnel statistics announced by the Cabinet Secretary in 2005, these responsibilities have now also transferred to ONS. In June 2006 ONS extended the regular quarterly Public Sector Employment First Release to include a breakdown of Civil Service employment by government department. The latest figures are available from the web address shown at the end of this note. In September 2006 ONS issued the Senior Civil Service and Mandate surveys for the first time. The first Senior Civil Service statistics were delivered to the Cabinet Office in January this year and the Mandate statistics will be published in early summer on the National Statistics website, reconciled with the quarterly headline Civil Service employment numbers. Working closely with the Cabinet Office, a development programme is now also underway to streamline future data requirements and bring systems and processes fully in line with ONS best practice.
ow can we best measure the output and the productivity of the public services? This is a pivotal question, given the importance of hospitals, schools, policing and so on in people’s lives and one which was the topic of discussion at several high-profile events hosted by the UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity (UKCeMGA) at the end of last year. UKCeMGA is seen as a world leader in advancing methodologies for measuring the output and productivity of public services. It hosted a major conference in London on 4 October 2006 in collaboration with the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Norwegian Government, welcoming over 160 statisticians from as far away as Japan, China and New Zealand, to discuss methods for measuring output and productivity in public services around the world. Feedback from the event was extremely positive and UKCeMGA will continue its work internationally, with the next stage being to pr
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