Putting Well-being Metrics into Policy Action, 3-4 October 2019, Paris, France. More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/putting-well-being-metrics-into-policy-action.htm

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The Green Book
And its Supplements
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Just “Google” HM
Treasury Green
Book
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Wellbeing as a Macro Concept
❑Criticism of the limitations of GDP
❑Wellbeing proposed as a way of
supplementing GDP or
❑Seen by some as possibly replacing GDP as
a central policy aim
❑Yet much of the time we are looking at
problems through a Micro not a Macro view.
❑What role can wellbeing metrics play in the
applied micro policy space?
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Paragraph 2.3 of the Green Book 2018 says..
“Appraisal is based on the principles of
welfare economics – that is, how the
government can
improve social welfare or wellbeing,
referred to in the Green Book as social value.”
Wellbeing and the UK 2018 Green Book
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Tension Intrinsic to Public Service Decisions
Enormous Demand & Multiple Ends Vs Limited Resources
Service
Demand
Protection by
Regulation
DEMAND MORE
Tax and
Spending
Red Tape
DEMAND LESS
Objective
Social Value for Money
Decision-Support
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Where in the decision
process can we currently
best apply wellbeing ?
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Outcomes & Benefits
Political, Economic, Social, Technological,
Legal, Environmental issues
New and Improved Services
Projects and related activities
Programmes
Policies, Strategies, Initiatives and Targets
shape
define and prioritise
initiate, align and monitor
implement and deliver
achieve and realise
Policies, Strategies, Programmes and Projects
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Management
Strategic
Financial
Economic
Commercial
Five Interdependent Dimensions of the
Five Case Model
What is the case for
change and how does it
provide strategic fit?
What is the best
choice for
optimising social
value?
What is the
Deal and can
the supply side
deliver it?
Is it affordable
within budget
•Are the
necessary
arrangements
in place for
successful
delivery?
Output
Outcomes
RISK
Wellbeing
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Implementation
Change
Measurement
Rationale
Appraisal
SMART
OBJECTIVES
PROGRAMMES
AND PROJECTS
NET POSITIVE
= BENEFIT
NET NEGATIVE
= COST (RISK)
OUTCOMES
OUTPUTS
Delivery of better Outcomes
ROAMEF
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The 2018 Green Book Paragraph 4.15……..
“wellbeing is influenced by a number of
interrelated factors including health,
relationships, security and purpose.
At the long-list appraisal stage, evidence on the
determinants of wellbeing can help describe
Business As Usual and the purpose or scope of
an intervention through SMART objectives”
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WHAT & WHERE are the
BOUNDARIES ?
SERVICE SOLUTION ?
WHO AGENT ?
WHEN & HOW ?
£?
Identify options for Scope
Solution options that meet
Scope
AGENCY best options for
for Delivery of
Solution(s)
Implementation
options
Funding
Wellbeing and our Options Framework
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Where appropriate evaluations of
previous or similar interventions,
international and wellbeing evidence,
should be used to design options that
build on what works, to avoid
repeating past mistakes.
Using wellbeing information when
designing implementation options
Green Book paragraph 4.16
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The Behavioural Research Centre for Adult Skills and
Knowledge ….(could)..behavioural science could help
improve educational outcomes for 16 to 19 year olds.
…..research suggested that there is a link between strong
social support and student attainment. Almost 1,500
students at 9 further education colleges were enrolled into
a ‘study supporter’ trial.
Students were randomly assigned into 2 different groups.
An intervention group is asked to nominate one or two
‘study supporters’ (such as a parent, friend, or employer) to
receive weekly text messages about their studies. A second
group nominates study supporters, but did not receive text
messages.
Wellbeing research suggests “how” and is teamed with
Behavioural insights to test an intervention.
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Costing less than £10 per student, the trial found that
students whose supporters received weekly text messages
were 27% more likely to pass their GCSE (examinations)
than students who had volunteered to be part of the
programme but had not been selected to receive
supportive messages. …….
……..another iteration the following academic year, with a
different cohort of 900 students. This time both the
students themselves and their study supporters receive
text messages. Results showed a 32% increase in the
exam pass rate.
Wellbeing research suggests “how” and is teamed with
Behavioural insights to test an intervention.
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