Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what use his Department has made of the National Wellbeing Index introduced by the Office for National Statistics in formulating policy since the introduction of that Index in 2011; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national wellbeing as defined in that Index since 2010.

Mr Nick Hurd

This Government is starting to advance the use of wellbeing indicators in policy formulation.

Evidence provided to the Environmental Audit Committee for its Inquiry into Wellbeing can be found at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/well-being/

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