Past Productivity Commission Evidence Sessions

Sizing the Productivity Problem

The first call for evidence focused on sizing the problem from an international, national, regional and sectoral perspective.  Evidence was requested that identified the scale of productivity problem, how it had changed since 2008 and how Covid-19 affected it.

Submitted Evidence

The Productivity Commission’s first evidence session took place on Tuesday 23 November 2021. Evidence for that session includes:

• Bernard H Casey
• Centre for Cities
• Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University
• David Harold Chester
• Dr Judy Stephenson and Alexandr Kulakov (Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction)
• Greater London Authority Economics
• Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place
• Innovation and Growth Think Tank
• Institute of Management Studies
• John Mills
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership
• Liam Byrne MP
• Midlands Engine Observatory
• Nicholas Oulton
• North West Productivity Forum
• Office for National Statistics
• Professor Andrew Henley (The Productivity Institute’s Wales Productivity Forum)
• Skilled Managers – Productive Workplaces
• UK2070 Commission
• York & North Yorkshire LEP and West Yorkshire LEP

International Best Practice of Productivity

Exploring which sectors and firms, and which countries, are at the global frontier for productivity, this session also examined how can international best practice be defined and what are the main drivers of excellent productivity performance.  Evidence was requested that examined the role the state played in countries that have successfully improved productivity, knowledge diffusion and how the public/private sector has interacted in countries that have improved productivity.

Submitted Evidence

Evidence for the second evidence session of the UK Productivity Commission includes:

Professor Paul Stoneman

Policy Choices to Improve Productivity

With two witnesses – Kitty Ussher from the Institute of Directors and Jesse Norman MP – this Productivity Commission evidence session examined the policy choices that could be selected and implemented to improve UK productivity.