Secondary international competitiveness and growth objective (SICGO) metrics

We are committed to publishing metrics that show the impact of our work.

Our outcomes

In our statement on the secondary objective, we welcomed increased accountability and transparency on how we are delivering the objective through metrics. We also set out our intention to update our existing Outcomes and Metrics framework to take the new objective into account.

Following the Treasury’s call for proposals on measuring the success of our secondary objective, we agreed to publish a set of metrics. We have supplemented these with further metrics from our existing framework, where they can contribute to a more complete picture of our impact on growth and competitiveness.

Read our first SICGO report (PDF)

SICGO metrics

The metrics are split into 4 themes:

Theme 1: Authorisations and Operational efficiency

Theme 1: Authorisations and Operational efficiency

Theme 2: Policy and regulatory impact

Theme 2: Policy and regulatory impact

Theme 3: Data collection

Theme 3: Data collection

Theme 4: Digital and innovation

Theme 4: Digital and innovation

After the initial publication of these pages, we found that the rounding used in the original analysis was inconsistent. As a result, we updated a few metrics. However, these changes only cause a 1% variation in each case and do not affect the overall message of the report.