"Figure 1: The education quality adjustment contributes significantly to overall quality growth","" "Contribution to total quality adjustment growth by service area, UK, 1998 to 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. Sum of components may not equal the total as a result of rounding. 2. Healthcare quality adjustment applied from 2001 and onwards. 3. Adult social care quality adjustment applied from 2011 and onwards. 4. Chart uses data from and is also presented in last year's [Public service productivity: total, UK, 2016](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/publicservicesproductivity/articles/publicservicesproductivityestimatestotalpublicservices/2016) estimates" "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "Year","Healthcare","Education","Public order and safety","Adult social care","Quality adjustment" "1998","0","0.46","0.01","0","0.47" "1999","-0.01","0.37","-0.03","0","0.33" "2000","0.03","0.18","0.04","0","0.25" "2001","-0.09","0.2","0.02","0","0.13" "2002","0.35","0.3","-0.07","0","0.58" "2003","0.08","0.16","0.16","0","0.39" "2004","0.24","0.32","0.06","0","0.62" "2005","0.27","0.45","0.21","0","0.94" "2006","0.31","0.36","0.15","0","0.83" "2007","0.08","0.43","-0.03","0","0.49" "2008","0.13","0.54","0.08","0","0.76" "2009","0.1","0.71","0.18","0","0.99" "2010","0.08","0.53","-0.12","0","0.49" "2011","0.19","0.29","-0.02","0.12","0.59" "2012","0.02","-0.08","0","0.03","-0.04" "2013","0.14","-0.41","-0.16","0.03","-0.39" "2014","0.2","-0.42","-0.06","0.01","-0.26" "2015","0.11","-0.01","-0.07","0.01","0.04" "2016","0.07","0.14","-0.14","0.04","0.11"