Government Economic Service

Government Economic Service
Civil Service Profession overview
Formed	1964
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]

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]

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b "About us". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Government Economic Service | Civil Service Fast Stream". www.faststream.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[:1-1] 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.

[:0-2] "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.

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