Atkinson Review : Final Report - Measure of Government Outputs for the National Accounts

The Atkinson Review: Final Report is the culmination of a year-long review of the measurement of UK government output and productivity. Sir Tony Atkinson from Nuffield College, Oxford, led the review supported by a team seconded from the Office for National Statistics, HM Treasury, Department of Health and the Bank of England. A key objective of the review was to recommend methods and approaches which could be used to measure UK government output. In addition to recommending a general framework and principles, the report focuses on practical solutions for measuring the key functional areas of health, education, public order and safety and social protection.

SIR ANTHONY B. ATKINSON, Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, is one of the world's leading economists and an expert in public economics. For this report he was supported by a team located in the ONS, co-directed by Joe Grice, Deputy Head of the Government Economic Service and seconded from the Treasury, and Aileen Simkins from the Department of Health. Other team members were from the ONS and the Bank of England.