Reducing role of the state - Civil Service - Advantages and disadvantages table in A Level and IB History


	Reducing role of the state - Civil Service
	Advantages 1980 - there were 732,000 civil servants, Britain had 3 times as many bureaucrats as comparable nations. By 1988, 22.5% of civil servants had been sacked, saving £1 billion Environment Minister Micheal Heseltine introduced the Management Information System for Ministers which allowed him to more closely monitor the cost and responsibilities of civil servants The MINIS was rolled out to other ministries through introduction of the Financial Management Initiative Where inefficiencies were uncovered, job losses followed: 1 in 4 civil servants at the Environment Ministry sacked in 3 years The 1988 New Steps Report promoted a less centralised civil service with 'flexible' agencies working with the private sector to deliver services. By 1991 there were 57 agencies. By 1997, 76% of civil servants worked in 100 agencies and they remain a key way in which public services are delivered - e.g. Prison Service	Disadvantages Job losses
	Evaluation - Thatcher used business-minded colleagues from outside government to bring about the desired reduction of the civil service

1980 - there were 732,000 civil servants, Britain had 3 times as many bureaucrats as comparable nations. By 1988, 22.5% of civil servants had been sacked, saving £1 billion
Environment Minister Micheal Heseltine introduced the Management Information System for Ministers which allowed him to more closely monitor the cost and responsibilities of civil servants
The MINIS was rolled out to other ministries through introduction of the Financial Management Initiative
Where inefficiencies were uncovered, job losses followed: 1 in 4 civil servants at the Environment Ministry sacked in 3 years
The 1988 New Steps Report promoted a less centralised civil service with 'flexible' agencies working with the private sector to deliver services. By 1991 there were 57 agencies.
By 1997, 76% of civil servants worked in 100 agencies and they remain a key way in which public services are delivered - e.g. Prison Service

- Thatcher used business-minded colleagues from outside government to bring about the desired reduction of the civil service

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