The scorecard presents the individual gender pay gaps for 120 Commonwealth public sector employers and two corporate groups. The report also contains analysis of the employer reports against each of the six gender equality indicators for 2023. The results indicate that Commonwealth public sector employers have lower gender pay gaps than their private sector counterparts.

This paper provides an overview of staff and staffing costs for federal regulatory bodies and agencies across the 2025 and 2026 financial years. It finds there have been significant increases over the past few financial years. It forecasts that in 2026 over half the federal government workforce will be engaged in regulatory activity.

This report shares insights from public servants about their work in government – what’s getting in the way, where they need support and what they want to see done differently. It distils the most relevant insights, maps priorities and considers the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. The report identifies five themes shaping public service...

Every UK Government minister has a private office – a small team of public servants dedicated to supporting ministerial duties and decisions. This resource for private office teams is a guide for a conversation with ministers about how they want things to work in the office. It sets out key questions to ask the minister...

This paper presents a process model to guide the production of quality policy advice. The 5D Model defines five key domains: understanding Demand, being open to Discovery, undertaking Design, identifying critical Decision points, and shaping advice to enable Delivery.