Department of Health: Behavioural Insights Team

(asked on 11th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 18th September 2017

Services received by the Department from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014 are shown in the following table. This has enabled the Department to add to its evidence base to support priority Government areas.

Invoice Posted Date

Line Description

Invoice spend £

21 October 2014

New approaches to raising awareness among women about folic acid supplementation to promote behaviour change

2,040

4 April 2014

Transferred contract with the Behavioural Insight Team to develop new approaches to tackling obesity.

9,431

18 November 2014

New approaches to raising awareness among women about folic acid supplementation to promote behaviour change

7,310

17 December 2014

New approaches to raising awareness among women about folic acid supplementation to promote behaviour change

5,360

22 January 2015

New approaches to raising awareness among women about folic acid supplementation to promote behaviour change

3,288

4 April 2014

Transferred contract with the Behavioural Insight Team to develop new approaches to tackling obesity.

9,431

25 February 2015

New approaches to raising awareness among women about folic acid supplementation to promote behaviour change

2,010

7 April 2016

Childhood Obesity Strategy: BIT engagement

30,453

7 April 2016

Childhood Obesity Deliberative Forum: BIT engagement

5,538

Reticulating Splines