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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Government
England
Questions from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
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The regulatory regime
How can we better assess the benefits of an electoral system that is less vulnerable to fraud e.g. in terms of increased trust in government at all levels?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
electoral systems
government
trust
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The regulatory regime
How can we ensure an elections and registration system that is accessible for all, and maintains integrity, public confidence and trust through minimal potential for fraud?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
elections
registration
integrity
public confidence
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The regulatory regime
What specific measures would most increase efficiency in electoral registration for administrators?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
electoral systems
efficiency
inclusion
fairness
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Local democracy
What does ‘good’ look like for engagement of citizens in the performance and accountability of their local authority? What methods and approaches work best and what can we do to improve citizen engagement?”
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
citizen engagement
local authority
public services
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Local democracy
What does the evidence show about stability or changes in the population’s identification with local democratic institutions and the strength of their democratic engagement? How has that changed during the pandemic and how is it likely to change in the wider context over the next few years? What does the international evidence show, given the different governance structures?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
democracy
governance
population
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Devolution
What work has already been done to bring together evidence and analysis comparing impact of policy variation in different policy areas across the UK?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
policy
evidence
analysis
UK
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Devolution
What can we learn from best practice in public service delivery from across the UK?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
government
policy
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Devolution
What is the evidence on which decision making structures (at which geographies) work best to deliver effective public services to citizens and level up communities?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
decision making
level up communities
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Devolution
What are the characteristics of public services that should be devolved to the local tier while strengthening local accountability, and which are best delivered at the national level? What can we learn from international comparisons?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
local government
international comparisons
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Governance and leadership
What does a directly-elected mayor in England need in order to be most effective? Does this differ depending on whether the mayor is of an individual local authority or a combined authority in England?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
politics
local government
directly-elected mayors
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Governance and leadership
How representative are existing governance structures (elected and appointed) of the communities they seek to represent, and what are the impacts of that? What are the barriers and enablers of good representation of communities in their governance structures?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
governance
representation
communities
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Performance and efficiency
What interventions effectively incentivise and support local councils in England to improve performance?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
local councils
performance
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Performance and efficiency
What does good design and delivery of local public services to better meet the needs of those from different ethnic backgrounds look like?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
ethnicity
local government
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Performance and efficiency
What is the role of transparency and data in driving high quality local public services? What is the evidence of the difference they can make, and what are the resourcing implications?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
transparency
data
local government
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Performance and efficiency
How can various data on funding, user satisfaction and other outcomes from local government services be exploited to provide richer insights into the drivers of resident and user satisfaction? What might they tell us about the reasons for any differences in satisfaction?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
data
funding
user satisfaction
local government services
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Performance and efficiency
What does good procurement of public services look like, and what is the role of central government within that?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
procurement
central government
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Performance and efficiency
What lessons need to be learned about the respective roles and contributions of the public, private and third sectors in the design and delivery of local public services?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
private sector
third sector
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Performance and efficiency
To what extent does local authority spending in England on preventative services reduce spending on demand-led services? (e.g. the relationship between ‘early help’ spending and children’s social care spending in Children’s Services). How can this best be measured?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
public services
local authority spending
preventative services', "children's social care"
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Performance and efficiency
How is allocative efficiency (those activities that offer highest economic and social returns) in local government best promoted?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
local government
public services
allocative efficiency
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Performance and efficiency
What is the evidence on how local government spending translates into outcomes? And what drives better, more accountable, public services?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2022
local government
public services
public value
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