Asked by: John Redwood (Conservative - Wokingham)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative estimate he has made of the cost of delivering public services due to changes in productivity levels in the 2019-20 and 2023-24 financial years.
Answered by Laura Trott - Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Efficiency and productivity are at the heart of the government’s approach to public spending. In June, the Chancellor announced1 a major public sector productivity programme across all government departments, and set out that if productivity growth in the public sector increased by 0.5% a year, we would stabilise the proportion of GDP consumed by the state by closing the gap between anticipated growth and anticipated spending up to 2050.
No comparative estimate has been made of the cost of delivering public services based on historic changes in productivity.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the fall in the UK goods trade on national productivity, particularly in sectors affected by any barriers to trade resulting from Brexit.
Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel
Since leaving the EU, the Department for Business and Trade has secured free trade deals with 73 countries in addition to our EU partners, which accounted for £1.1 trillion UK trade in 2022, and simplified import tariffs to lower costs for businesses and households.
The UK’s total trade with the world (including goods and services) increased by £36bn (inflation adjusted) in 2023 compared to 2018. Productivity in the UK's Manufacturing sector grew by 10% between 2016 and 2022, the highest manufacturing productivity growth in the G7.
Jan. 14 2010
Source Page: The Effect of Foreign Mergers and Acquisitions on UK Productivity and Employment. 262 p.Found: The Effect of Foreign Mergers and Acquisitions on UK Productivity and Employment. 262 p.
Nov. 09 2023
Source Page: Annual multi-factor productivity, market sector, UK: 2023Found: Annual multi-factor productivity, market sector, UK: 2023
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has awarded a contract for a consultant on the NHS review into productivity in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The Department has not awarded a contract for a consultant to work on National Health Service productivity in 2023/24.
However, the Government is ambitious for NHS productivity. That is why the Long Term Workforce Plan set out an ambition to achieve 1.5-2% average workforce productivity growth. We would expect the NHS to make best use of all options available, including potential use of consultancy support where there is an appropriate value for money case to do so, to understand the challenge and deliver on this ambition.
Oct. 10 2023
Source Page: Productivity overview, UK: April to June 2023Found: Productivity overview, UK: April to June 2023
Asked by: John Redwood (Conservative - Wokingham)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to raise public sector productivity.
Answered by Laura Trott - Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Efficiency and productivity are important priorities for this government.
In June, the Chancellor announced the Public Sector Productivity Programme, as a means of assessing how productivity can be improved. An update on the programme was provided in the Autumn Statement, which includes the finding that frontline workers can spend up to 8 hours a week on administrative tasks. The programme is exploring ways to reduce this number so they can continue doing what they do best, keeping us safe and treating us when we are sick. I will continue leading on boosting productivity in the public sector, with work continuing through to the next Spending Review.
Oct. 13 2023
Source Page: Public service productivity overview, UK: April to June 2023Found: Public service productivity overview, UK: April to June 2023
Sep. 25 2023
Source Page: Feasibility study: the relationship between productivity and tradeFound: Feasibility study: the relationship between productivity and trade
Oct. 11 2023
Source Page: Chief Secretary hosts AI meeting to boost public sector productivityFound: Chief Secretary hosts AI meeting to boost public sector productivity