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Public service productivity, UK: 1997 to 2022
An overview of UK annual public service productivity between 1997 and 2020, and a new experimental measure for the path of annual UK public service productivity in 2021 and 2022.![](http://cdn.ons.gov.uk/assets/images/latest-publications.png)
Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: April to June 2024 and January to March 2024
Productivity flash estimates for Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2024, based on the GDP first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics, and productivity overview for Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2024.Datasets related to Public services productivity
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Public service productivity nowcasts, UK
Experimental dynamic regression nowcast estimates of public service productivity.
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COFOG by service area and government department for public service productivity
Public service productivity: Classification of functions of government (COFOG) by service area and government department, UK, experimental data.
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Public service productivity estimates: total public service
Inputs, output and productivity indices and growth rates for total public services. Includes estimates of quality adjustment, service expenditure and revisions.
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Public service productivity, quarterly
Reference tables for experimental statistics on UK public service productivity. Includes estimates of inputs, output, productivity, and revisions compared to estimates from the previous quarter.
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Public service productivity estimates: healthcare, UK and England
Public service healthcare growth rates and indices for inputs, quality and non-quality adjusted output and productivity, totals and by components, for England, financial years ending 1996 to 2017 and UK, 1995 to 2016.
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Public service productivity, adult social care, England
Annual public service adult social care growth rates and indices for inputs, quality and non-quality adjusted output and productivity, totals and by components, for England.
Publications related to Public services productivity
Statistical bulletins
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Time use in the public sector, Great Britain: February 2024
Estimates of daily time spent by public sector workers on a range of activities. These are official statistics in development.
Articles
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Public service productivity, UK
An overview of UK annual public service productivity between 1997 and 2020, and a new experimental measure for the path of annual UK public service productivity in 2021 and 2022.
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Public service productivity
Updated annual measures of output, inputs and productivity for UK public services between 1997 and 2021: service area breakdown, quality adjustment, latest revisions.
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Public service productivity
Experimental estimates for UK total public service productivity, inputs and output to provide a short-term, timely indicator of the future path of the annual productivity estimates.
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Public service productivity, adult social care, England
Trends in publicly funded adult social care inputs, quantity and quality of output, and productivity in England, between financial year ending 1997 and financial year ending 2021.
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A guide to quality adjustment in public service productivity measures
This guide explains what a quality adjustment is, including important underlying concepts, statistical properties, and application in the National Statistic.
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Total public service productivity: understanding inputs
An investigation into estimates of total UK public services inputs looking into prices, volume and expenditure on a total and input component basis.
Methodology related to Public services productivity
- Public service productivity: total, UK QMI
- How to compare and interpret ONS productivity measures
- Sources and methods for public service productivity estimates
- Improved methods for total public service productivity: total, UK, 2017
- Public service productivity: adult social care QMI
- Public service productivity estimates: healthcare QMI
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