charting government: whitehall monitor 2014 annual report
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Charting Government:Whitehall Monitor 2014
Whitehall Monitor 2014 has three components
The resources available to Whitehall
What Whitehall does with those resources
The real world impact of Whitehall’s actions
Whitehall Monitor focuses on four narratives
Few ministers remain in the same posts as May 2010…
Government reshuffles 2010-14 – when ministers took up current post (as of 1 November 2014)
Tenure of permanent secretaries, May 2010 – September 2014 from when first appointed
… as do not-so-permanent secretaries
Total Managed Expenditure by department, plans for 2013-14
Departmental budgets vary in size
Departmental assets and liabilities 2009-10 and 2012-13
Some departments have large – and increasing –liabilities
Extent of devolved responsibility by department
‘Barnett Consequentials’ differ between departments
DfE DCLG DH Defra
DCMS DfT
Law HO
BIS MoJ
CO CxD
DWP DECC
FCO MoDDfID
TOTAL
0%
100%
Transparency of departmental spending plans
Transparency about spending changes is often lacking
Civil Service staff numbers
Staff numbers are down by over 70,000
Civil Service staff numbers
The Civil Service is at its smallest since World War Two
Civil Service staff numbers - % cut since Spending Review 2010
DCMS and DCLG have had the biggest cuts…
Civil Service staff numbers (managed department), 2014 Q2
…but are amongst the smallest departments
DWP
MoJ
HMRC
MoD
HO
FCO DfE BIS CO Defra DfID DH DfT DCLG DECC HMT DCMS0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
Civil Service staff numbers (managed department), 2014 Q2
DWP, MoJ, HMRC and MoD are the biggest departments…
DWP
MoJ
HMRC
MoD
HO
FCO DfE BIS CO Defra DfID DH DfT DCLG DECC HMT DCMS0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
Civil Service staff numbers - % cut since Spending Review 2010
…and so DWP, MoJ, HMRC and MoD have accounted for the bulk of cuts
Civil Service Engagement Index, 2009-2013
Civil Service morale has largely held up…
58% 56% 56% 58% 58%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Civil Service Engagement Index, 2009-2013 – falls, 2012 to 2013
…with some exceptions, such as DfE...
Civil Service Engagement Index, 2009-2013 – falls, 2012 to 2013
…with some exceptions, such as DfE...
Civil Service Engagement Index, 2009-2013 – falls, 2012 to 2013
…with some exceptions, such as DfE...
Civil Service Engagement Index, 2009-2013 – falls, 2012 to 2013
…with some exceptions, such as DfE...
Civil Service Engagement Index, 2009-2013
…and on pay and benefits
Civil Service Engagement Index, 2009-2013
…and on pay and benefits
Resource Management Models, 2014
Departments manage their resources in different ways…
Department of Health – change in model
…and some have changed what they do since 2010
Total number of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), 1979 to 2014
‘The Bonfire of the Quangos’ is a numbers game, but arm’s-length body reform shouldn’t be
Greater transparency is needed on government contracting
Largest suppliers’ revenues from central government by department, 2013
Written Parliamentary questions submitted to each department, 2013-14
Work and Pensions, Health receive most information requests…
Overall rankings for responses to information requests
…and are reasonably good in responding on time
Delivery confidence for major projects across government, 2013 and 2014
Major projects remain a pressure point…
Delivery confidence for major projects across government, 2013 and 2014
Major projects remain a pressure point…
…but more projects have improved in delivery confidence
Change in delivery confidence for major projects, 2013 to 2014
Usability of departments’ impact indicators
Impact is difficult to measure – and to find
‘Which three things do you think UK politicians should prioritise?’ and‘Which three things do you think UK politicians prioritise at the moment?’
There is a large expectation gap
There is a large expectation gap‘Which three things do you think UK politicians should prioritise?’ and
‘Which three things do you think UK politicians prioritise at the moment?’
‘About the government. How satisfied are you with the way it is doing its job?’
GB mid-ranking in public perception of effectiveness
Government faces a number of pressure points post-2015
Ministers and Permanent Secretaries
• Departments need more stable leadership
Spending
• The Government needs greater insight and tighter controls to ensure the sustainability of spending cuts
Workforce
• The Civil Service needs to change how it works if it is going to cope with the further cuts it faces
Reforms
• Whitehall needs to continue raising its skills to successfully deliver government reforms
Public perceptions
• Politicians need to convince the public that they can run government effectively