Measuring national well-being

Opening date: 25 November 2010
Closing date: 15 April 2011

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is developing new measures of national well-being.  The aim is that these new measures will cover the quality of life of people in the UK, environmental and sustainability issues, as well as the economic performance of the country.

To develop better measures of the nation’s well-being they want to consult with people, organisations and business across the UK as well as central and local government to ask what matters most in people lives and what is important for measuring the nation’s well-being.

Some of the aspects that they know affect national well-being include:

• Income and wealth 
• Job satisfaction and economic security 
• Ability to have a say on local and national issues 
• Having good connections with friends and relatives 
• Present and future conditions of the environment 
• Crime 
• Health 
• Education and training 
• Personal and cultural activities, including caring and volunteering

What matters to you?

The consultation questions are available online. Alternatively you can respond by post or email by using the questions in the Downloads section.

email: nationalwell-being@ons.gov.uk

Measuring National Well-being Consultation
Office for National Statistics
Room 1.024
Government Buildings
Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8XG

If you have a general query concerning the national well-being debate please email the national well-being mailbox or phone the well-being inquiry line on +44 (0)845 601 5075.