Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what services his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.
Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive
Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.
BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792
The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.
The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:
https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742
We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.