Summary

The Chancellor of the Exchequer commissioned the National Statistician in June 2023 to review and improve how public service productivity is measured. This article presents the second wave of improvements to public service productivity measures since the beginning of the Public Services Productivity Review.

Publications

• Public Services Productivity Review, impact of improved methods on total public service productivity: 1997 to 2021

  Overview of improvements to public service productivity measures introduced by the Public Services Productivity Review, implemented in March 2025.

Data

• Public Services Productivity Review, impact of improved methods on total public service productivity

  Revisions table for public service productivity measures, following improvements introduced by the Public Services Productivity Review team.

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