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This section of the Resource Centre contains material on competition and outsourcing in social services.
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Improving Productivity in Scotland's Public Services (PDF)
Armstrong, Jo, 2007
The David Hume Institute
Market for Disabled Children's Services (PDF) PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2007 Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) A report which provides an overview of the market and barriers to development to provide evidence for policy formulation. UK
New Business Structures in Health and Social Care: Implications for Commmissioning and Commissioners (PDF) The Moore Adamson Craig Partnership LLP, 2006 A briefing paper that discusses the implications of commissioning helath and social care services from a wider range of new providers. UK
Choosing Well: Analysing the Costs and Benefits of Choice in Local Public Services (PDF) Audit Commission, 2006 A report on the role of individual choice in delivering fairer and more cost-effective local services which focuses on the housing and social care sectors. UK
Skills and Sustainable Welfare-to-Work (PDF)
Mansour, Jane , 2005
Work Directions
The Use of Contestability and Flexibility in the Delivery of Welfare Services in Australia and the Netherlands - Report on Study Visits Undertaken by the United Kingdom's Department for Work and Pensions (PDF) (Eds) Morrell, Helen (DWP) and Branosky, Natalie, 2005 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Research Report No. 288
A report on research carried out by DWP and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion as part of the its public service reform strategy. It followed visits to two countries which have moved to the full establisment of a contestable market model in employment and welfare services.
ISBN: 1 84123 894 5 UKEnterprise for Communities: Proposals for a Community Interest Company (PDF) HM Treasury, 2003 Department of Trade and Industry A public consultation paper on proposals for a new type of company, the Comunity Interest Company (CIC) to help boost social enterprise. UK
Social Services Case Studies: Case Studies of the First Four Signed Social Services PFI Schemes (PDF)
Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps), , 2001
Flexible Contracting? Economic Cultures and Implicit Contracts in Social Care Mackintosh, Maureen , 2000 Journal of Social Policy, 29(1), pp.1-19 Case study of two local authorities, looking at non-profit providers UK
Purchasing Human Services in South Australia Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision, 1997 Reforms in Government Service Provision, Melbourne Industry Commission Australia
Contracting for Social Services at the Local Level Straussman, J. and Fairie, J., 1981 Urban Interest, 3, pp.43-50 USA