Improving wellbeing through evidence-informed policy

Wellbeing statistics: how will Whitehall respond?

2nd November 2011
Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, discussed how Whitehall could use the wellbeing statistics in the policy making and evaluation process. Sir Gus’s talk was preceded by a brief speech by Charles Seaford, Head of the Centre for Well-Being at the New Economics Foundation.

Speakers:
– Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service
– Charles Seaford, Head of the Centre for Well-Being, New Economics Foundation

Chair:
– Jo Swinson MP

A recording of Sir Gus’s speech can be found here.

Improving wellbeing through evidence-informed policy