Atkinson made fifty-four recommendations on how to improve the measurement of public services output and productivity.
In response the National Statistician said that those improvements which were essentially incremental changes to existing methodology would be subjected to a rigorous quality assurance process.
This article meets this commitment. It covers changes to volume measures, measured by a direct output method, for Health, Education, Personal Social Services, Administration of Social Security and Fire Services.
Published in web format: 14 September 2005 at 9:30 am