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Published: 29 August 2013
The collection of central ministerial departments that make up Whitehall play a crucial role in the government of Britain. Though small in scale relative to the wider public sector, these central departments are the principal tools that ministers use to deliver their political agenda. They form the... more
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Publication
Published: 01 November 2014
The Whitehall Monitor 2014 (PDF) aims to chart government – using data to analyse the size, shape and performance of Whitehall and present it in an understandable, compelling and useful way.
It uses open data published by government, Parliament and a few other sources to look at everything from how... more
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Publication
Published: 19 March 2015
Performance measurement in government is unlikely to make the hearts of the electorate beat more quickly. However, it is a means to an important end: whether government achieves what it set out to.
In this special Whitehall Monitor report, we look at one element of the Coalition’s performance... more
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Event
Published: 06 November 2015
During five years of coalition government, UK government underwent profound changes: budgets and staff numbers were reduced, departments changed fundamentally what they did and how they did it, while technology changed the way citizens interact with public services.
2015’s Whitehall Monitor... more
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Publication
Published: 17 November 2015
Whitehall Monitor aims to chart government – literally. We analyse and visualise numbers from and about government – on everything from staff numbers to public perceptions – to help politicians, civil servants, civil society and the public better understand what central government looks like in the... more
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Published: 28 September 2016
Whitehall Monitor is the Institute’s data-informed analysis of the size, shape and performance of government. We publish an annual report, topical comment and regularly updated explainers on different areas of government. Click on a theme below to explore in more detail.
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Comment
Published: 31 October 2013
The OGP was founded two years ago as ‘a multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance’. Member countries – 60 at present – have to sign up to the... more
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Comment
Published: 20 November 2013
According to one of two reports on public service contracting published by the National Audit Office last week, the ‘big four’ earned £6.6 billion (bn) between them from the UK government and public sector in 2012-13. They received this for running back office functions like IT and facilities but... more
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Comment
Published: 04 December 2013
Yes, the Autumn Statement comes but once a year. The Chancellor will deliver this year’s statement tomorrow, a day after his little helper, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, published the government’s latest infrastructure plan. The Autumn Statement is one of the two big financial... more
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Comment
Published: 07 April 2014
We’ve used the Civil Service Employment Survey, which is published every year (in October) by the Office for National Statistics. The ONS publication covers subjects including grade, gender, age, ethnicity, disability and profession within the Civil Service. Our analysis of the 2013 survey shows... more
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