Measuring productivity in the public sector

The state of the public finances will create greater pressure to identify and address low productivity spending. In meeting this challenge, we need better information on public sector productivity, including on how the quality of public services can be protected even if overall spending is falling. And crucially the appropriate information needs to be available and used by those making decisions, whether they are cabinet members thinking about how much money to put into different sectors of the public service; civil servants devising plans to improve particular programmes; or organisational leaders thinking about changing their operational model. This seminar looks at how measuring activity and productivity within a sector (education), an organisation (a Foundation Trust) and at a programme level (community safety) can lead to productivity improvements. It will also consider how changes in performance feed through to public perceptions and can be translated into political pay-offs.

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