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Cabinet Office Indicator Data

Input indicators

The indicators set out in this section are just a subset of the data gathered by the Department which will be made transparently available as outlined in the Information Strategy.

The Department will adopt the following input indicators:

Input indicator When will publication start? How often will it be published? How will it be broken down?
The central government cost for every person participating in National Citizen Service Jul 2011 Annual Nationally
Average cost of training a community organiser Jul 2011 Annual Nationally
The cost of each type of Cabinet Office moratorium Jul 2011 Annual By moratorium
For every pound spent by government departments, the cost of running a central procurement function to buy common, standard government supplies and equipment Jul 2011 Annual By department
The cost of managing the relationship with government suppliers per pound spent on buying supplies and equipment Jul 2011 Annual By department

Impact Indicators

Our impact indicators are designed to help the public to judge whether our policies and reforms are having the effect they want. Further detail on these indicators can be found in our full list of datasets. The Department will adopt the following indicators:

Impact indicator When will publication start? How often will it be published? How will it be broken down?
The number of mutuals supported by the Mutuals Support Programme, and the number of public service areas in which these mutuals are supported. Jul 2011 At least annually By department
Level of volunteering, by age group Jul 2011 At least annually By age group
Cost of the total staffing resources required to support the work of government:

 

  • Size of the total staffing resources required to support the work of government.
  • Ratio of HR staff to all staff.
  • Cost of HR function per FTE.
Jul 2011 At least annually By department
Total central government spend on advertising, management consulting and identified “overhead commodities” (such as office stationery and IT commodities) Jul 2011 At least annually By department
Total savings made by improved management of relationships with key government suppliers (absolute pound savings and period on period change) Jul 2011 At least annually By department
Hold the General Election as provided by the Fixed Term Parliament Act on a voting system chosen by the British people, more equal constituency boundaries and a more accurate and secure electoral register based on individual registration Jul 2011 Progress annually Cabinet Office

Other data

We have highlighted key data that will be particularly useful to help people to judge the progress of structural reforms under two headings:

Data which will help people to judge the progress of structural reforms:
Proportion of total central government procurement going to SMEs
Number of central government websites
Funding released from Big Society Bank
Number of participants on National Citizen Service
Number of community organisers trained
Number of interns on new Whitehall internship programme
Number of public bodies in central government
Other key data:
All Cabinet Office spending and contracts over £25,000
Central government workforce initial release* – initial estimate of the number of consultants and agency staff working in central Government departments, their agencies and NDPBs
Special Adviser paybands* – the payband of Special Advisers in the UK Government
Special Advisers working in the UK Government* – a list of Special Advisers working in the UK Government, including appointing Minister, salary band and salary where it is over the SCS1 minimum (£58,200 as of 9 June 2010)
Number of non-SCS Civil Servants in the Cabinet Office* – a list of number of Civil Servants by grade for each group of the Cabinet Office
Number of Senior Civil Service officers in the Cabinet Office* – a list of all Senior Civil Servants working in the Cabinet Office, including title, salary band, contact details, and their line manager, and graphical organograms representing the management structure
UK central government senior staff with salaries over £150,000*
UK central government spend with small and medium sized businesses*
Property Benchmarking Project – collection of key performance data for all office buildings over 500 sq m for analysis, benchmarking (against the private sector) and subsequent reporting to parent departments and their organisational property centres
Performance data on ICT projects above £1m* – data on ICT projects across government at a value over £1m for the whole life cost of the project

Our full departmental organogram is available for download.