About us
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) will help make local government even better. We will increase understanding about the performance of local authorities, warn when authorities are at risk of serious failure, and support local government to improve itself.
What we do
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) will help make local government even better.
We will increase understanding about the performance of local authorities, warn when authorities are at risk of serious failure, and support local government to improve itself.
We have three strategic objectives:
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Inform: increase understanding - among citizens, civil society, central government and local government itself - about data on the performance of local authorities
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Warn: help identify local authorities that are at risk of failure but have not raised the alarm themselves
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Support: support local government to improve performance, productivity, and value for money: championing best practice, improving data capability and rationalising a complex data landscape
In doing all of these, we work in close partnership with local authorities.
For further details of our work, see the draft Oflog Corporate Plan.
Local Authority Data Explorer
The Local Authority Data Explorer gives an overview of local government performance. We are gradually expanding and improving it.
Leadership
Josh Goodman is the Chief Executive of the Office for Local Government (Oflog).
Lord Morse was appointed the interim Chair of the Office for Local Government (Oflog) by the Secretary of State on 25 January 2023. On 26 March 2024, Lord Morse announced that he will be stepping down from his role at the end of March, for unexpected health reasons. See the press release. A new interim Chair will be appointed in due course.
In the interim, the Secretary of State, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, has written to Josh Goodman, instructing him to continue to act with a spirit of independence in line with Oflog’s formal remit letter.
Other resources for relevant data:
Department for Education
Local Skills Dashboard – The Local Skills dashboard provides published local data from a variety of sources. The dashboard covers topics such as employment, qualifications, and education outcomes across England.
Local Government Association
LG Inform – LG Inform is the local area benchmarking tool from the Local Government Association.
NHS Digital
Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework - The Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) measures how well care and support services achieve the outcomes that matter. The ASCOF is used both locally and nationally to set priorities for care and support, measure progress and strengthen transparency and accountability.
Data Dashboards – NHS Digital - Various health datasets in visual formats
Office for National Statistics
Census Maps – Map of Census 2021 results across England and Wales.
Local Statistics – A toolkit pulling together 57 local indicators, across topics, including the economy, education, health and wellbeing.
Subnational Indicator Explorer – Compare a local authority and the UK average (median) local authority by different indicators, such as weekly pay and healthy life expectancy.