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<p>We use Office for National Statistics (ONS) wellbeing statistics to inform Health
and Wellbeing policy within the Civil Service. The Department also measures personal
wellbeing through the annual Civil Service People Survey using the same national statistics
that the ONS use for the UK population as a whole.</p><p>The four personal well-being
questions are: Life Satisfaction, Worthwhile, Happiness, and Anxiety. Further details
can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/measuringnationalwellbeing/july2017tojune2018"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/measuringnationalwellbeing/july2017tojune2018</a>.</p><p>We
make use of a wide range of data and evidence in developing our policies, including
data sources which focus on well-being. This includes the above estimates of personal
wellbeing, as well as our own surveys and data collection tools which include questions
and data which are highly relevant to the well being agenda such as the English Housing
Survey and English Indices of Deprivation. We also continue to use and support the
development of the wider evidence base on well-being, as we are one of the HMG funders
of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing.</p>
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