UK public service productivity was estimated to be 0.6% lower year-over-year in Q1 but up 0.3% quarter-over-quarter; inputs increased 3.7% year-over-year, while output grew 3.0%: ONS

July 15, 2024 (press release) –

UK total public service productivity, inputs and output to provide a short-term, timely indicator of annual productivity estimates. These are official statistics in development.

Main points

• Public service productivity is estimated to be 0.6% lower in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2024 compared with the same quarter a year ago.
• Public service productivity increased by an estimated 0.3% in Quarter 1 2024 compared with Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2023, the first quarter of growth since Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2023.
• Public service productivity in Quarter 1 2024 is estimated to be 6.4% below its pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic peak (Quarter 4 2019) but has remained relatively stable since Quarter 2 2021 through the post-pandemic period.
• Annual estimates suggest that public service productivity fell by 0.2% in 2023 after a partial “bounce-back” of 6.5% in 2021 and 2.6% in 2022, following the first year of the pandemic in 2020.

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