Gavin Freeguard
Associate
Gavin's recent work
Ministerial directions
Ministerial directions are formal instructions telling departments to proceed with a spending proposal, despite objection from permanent secretaries.
Six lessons government should learn from the Post Office scandal
The handling of the Post Office scandal has wider lessons for government.
Doing data justice
The justice sector needs a system-wide data strategy to address current deficiencies.
All work
Good data, good policy?
Gavin Freeguard talks data in policy-making.
Doing what matters with less: the Fast Stream conference 2015
This year’s Civil Service Fast Stream conference was organised around the theme of ‘Doing more what matters with less’.
Public trust in public servants – in six graphs
What is the state of trust in the Civil Service?
Under FOIA: departments’ responses to freedom of information requests
Gavin Freeguard looks at the latest quarterly figures on the demands on, and responses of, different government departments.
Data-Driven Delivery: Lessons from the O’Malley Administration of Maryland
This report – based on our observations during a recent visit to Maryland – looks at the evolution of the ‘Stat’ model in Maryland.
Top marks for improvement: Civil servant engagement in DfE, 2009-2014
The results for the department in the 2014 Civil Service People Survey are a considerable improvement.
Morale compass points in the right direction: Civil Service engagement in 2014
Positive overall results, but concern about pay.
Whitehall Monitor 2014
Whitehall Monitor 2014 aims to chart government performance in a understandable, compelling and useful way driven by thorough data analysis.
Equality control?
Some final data from the recent reshuffle.
An objective view
Permanent Secretary objectives in 2014-15.