Government Economic Service

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Government Economic Service
Civil Service Profession overview
Formed1964 [1]
Website ges.gov.uk

The Government Economic Service (GES) is a professional grouping of public sector economists who work across some 40 departments and agencies of His Majesty's Government (HMG). The GES Board is chaired by the Head of the GES and consists of government chief economists and directors of analysis. GES was founded in 1964 [1] by Sir Alec Cairncross. The GES recruits economists on behalf of the departments [2] and is the largest recruiter of economists in the UK. [3] [4]

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Professional support for the GES, and since 2010[ citation needed ] also for the Government Social Research profession, is provided by the Government Economic and Social Research Team, located at HM Treasury. [2]

History

From March 2018 the post of the Head of the GES has been held jointly by Sam Beckett and Clare Lombardelli. [5] From June 2007 to July 2010, it held jointly by the managing director of Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy in HM Treasury and Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury Dave Ramsden CBE and Vicky Pryce Director General of Economics in the BIS. Tera Allas replaced Vicky Pryce at BIS in December 2010 and was Deputy Head of the GES until June 2013 during which time Dave Ramsden was the sole Head of the GES. Before this, the previous Head of the GES was Sir Nicholas Stern, now Lord Stern of Brentford, who succeeded Lord O'Donnell.

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References

  1. 1 2 Allan, Lewis (2008). "Why have economists done so well in the British civil service?". Oxonomics. 2008: 26–29. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-5209.2008.00022.x .
  2. 1 2 "About us". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. "Sir Dave Ramsden on '50 years of the Government Economic Service' | Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy | King's College London". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. "Government Economic Service | Civil Service Fast Stream". www.faststream.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. "New Joint GES Heads of Profession - Sam Beckett (BEIS) and Clare Lombardelli (HMT)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 March 2022.