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Civil Service: Productivity

Commons · Question 20939 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what metrics her Department collates on the level of productivity in (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Civil Service.

Answer

Answered by Mark Ferguson, 8 Sep 2026

Developing common measures of productivity in the Civil Service is challenging given the diversity of outputs across government, the extent to which many ‘services’ are delivered as a collective to the overall population rather than individuals, and the l...