Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) launches enquiry on well-being

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(2013), "Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) launches enquiry on well-being", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 24 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2013.08324eaa.006

Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) launches enquiry on well-being

Article Type: News From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 5.

Following on from their recent report on sustainable development indicators, the UK EAC has launched a further enquiry on the “Measuring well-being” initiative being run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In November, the ONS published an analysis of its well-being survey data, comparing people's well-being according to gender, age, ethnic group, relationship status, health, disability, employment status, and occupation, as well as by nation, region, and local authority. Amongst the areas to be explored as part of the EAC enquiry include: the government's plans to utilize the results of the available well-being research and analysis in policy making; what particular areas of policy making the government should now open up to the results of the well-being analysis and research, and on which areas of policy making it should exercise caution; and, how the ONS work might be further expanded or adjusted to reflect well-being research and metrics being developed elsewhere.