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Measuring National Well-being in the UKStephen Penneck, Director General,
Office for National Statistics
27 June 2012 www.ons.gov.uk/well-being
Background of the programme
1970 - In the UK ONS has been reporting on developments in society for over 40 years in the Social Trends publication
2007 - ONS started looking at societal well-being, examining existing datasets and how these could be used to help build a clear picture of societal well-being
2010 – Prime Minister David Cameron launched the ONS National Well-being Programme ‘today the government is asking the Office of National Statistics to devise a new way of measuring wellbeing in Britain’
What are we trying to achieve?
An accepted and trusted set of National Statistics to help people understand and monitor national well-being.
Economy SocialEnvironment & Sustainability
The ‘triple bottom line’
What progress has been made?
• Estimates of human capital
• 6 month estimate of subjective well-being based on 4 questions added to largest household survey in April 2011
• Proposed set of well-being domains and measures
• National debate on ‘what matters for well-being’
• First quarterly household release include real actual household income
• A series of ‘domain’ articles: ‘Our relationships’ and ‘What we do’
What is national well-being?
What’s next?
• Environmental accounts• First annual subjective well-being results• Domain article ‘Where we live’• Local area maps• Indicator set• Response to consultation / gaps / plans
• Domain articles ‘The economy’, ‘Personal finance’ and ‘The environment’
• Estimates of human capital
• ‘State of the Nation’ – 2 year report• Analysis & development plans
June - July
Aug – Oct
Nov
Why is stakeholder consultation important?
‘Statistics are the bedrock of democracy, in a country where we care about what is happening. We must measure what matters - the key elements of national well-being. We want to develop measures based on what people tell us matters most.’
Jil Matheson, National Statistician, 25.11.10
Why is stakeholder consultation important? The national debateDebate ran between November 2010 and April 2011, asking ‘what matters to you?’
175 events held around the country attended by over 7,000 people
Over 34,000 responses generated from online survey, forums and other channels
Helped identify key areas that matter most
Published National Statistician’s report on the national debate in July 2011
Why is stakeholder consultation important? Further consultation
Consultation on proposed domains and measures:• Excellent response - nearly 1,800 • Broad support for domains• Additional suggestions include:
• arts, culture, sport• spirituality, religion, faith• access to green space
• More detailed response July
Consultation with Cabinet Office and policy departments
Expert consultation on measures e.g. environmental accounts, subjective well-being
Why is stakeholder consultation important? e-Frame
Work package 7: Guidelines for stakeholder inclusion in the development of well-being/ progress measures
• Collecting national and local experience of stakeholder inclusion
• Questionnaire: Which stakeholders have you engaged with? How? What was most effective?
• Workshop in June 2013• Contact [email protected] if you would like to
take part