Price and volume measures for other government services Overview of EU legal requirements 26-27 May 2005

Features of other government services Mainly collective services, such as public administration, defence, police, etc. Some individual services, eg compulsory social security services 26-27 May 2005

Non-market services of NPISHs Examples: R&D Membership organisations Recreational, cultural and sporting services Not on the agenda of this workshop 26-27 May 2005

Definition of output Defining output difficult for most collective services There may be some exceptions, eg: Social security (individual service) Tax offices Patent offices Law courts Prisons Audit offices 26-27 May 2005

Use of activity indicators When defining output or finding representative output indicators is impossible, in some cases activity indicators can be used (eg defence or police) Generally, for collective services input methods remain necessary -> Commission Decision 2002/990 does not require output methods Much more research necessary in co-operation with departments to define output 26-27 May 2005

A, B and C methods For individual services: see general approach For collective services two additional B methods: Sum of separately deflated inputs, taking quality changes of the inputs into account, without productivity adjustment Activity indicators 26-27 May 2005