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Gavin Freeguard
Associate
Gavin's recent work
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Ministerial directions
Ministerial directions are formal instructions telling departments to proceed with a spending proposal, despite objection from permanent secretaries.
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Six lessons government should learn from the Post Office scandal
The handling of the Post Office scandal has wider lessons for government.
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Doing data justice
The justice sector needs a system-wide data strategy to address current deficiencies.
All work
Good data, good policy?
Gavin Freeguard talks data in policy-making.
Doing what matters with less: the Fast Stream conference 2015
This year’s Civil Service Fast Stream conference was organised around the theme of ‘Doing more what matters with less’.
Public trust in public servants – in six graphs
What is the state of trust in the Civil Service?
Under FOIA: departments’ responses to freedom of information requests
Gavin Freeguard looks at the latest quarterly figures on the demands on, and responses of, different government departments.
Data-Driven Delivery: Lessons from the O’Malley Administration of Maryland
This report – based on our observations during a recent visit to Maryland – looks at the evolution of the ‘Stat’ model in Maryland.
Top marks for improvement: Civil servant engagement in DfE, 2009-2014
The results for the department in the 2014 Civil Service People Survey are a considerable improvement.
Morale compass points in the right direction: Civil Service engagement in 2014
Positive overall results, but concern about pay.
Whitehall Monitor 2014
Whitehall Monitor 2014 aims to chart government performance in a understandable, compelling and useful way driven by thorough data analysis.
Equality control?
Some final data from the recent reshuffle.
An objective view
Permanent Secretary objectives in 2014-15.