Behavioural Insights Team - Use by HMRC and the Treasury

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Dear Cabinet Office,

1) Can you tell me when the The Cabinet Office became a shareholder in Behavioural Insights Ltd?

2) Can you confirm that Behavioural Insight Team (BIT) was historically a department within the Cabinet Office?

3) Can you tell me when the BIT ceased to be a department within the Cabinet Office?

4) Can you tell me why the BIT ceased being a department within the Cabinet Office and what policy drove the decision for it to no longer be part of the Cabinet Office?

5) Can you tell me if the Treasury used the services of the BIT when it was a department within the Cabinet Office?

6) Can you give me details of the Treasury's use of the BIT?

7) Can you tell me if HMRC directly or indirectly used the services of the BIT when it was a department within the Cabinet Office?

8) Can you give me details of the HMRC's use of the BIT?

9) Did the Compliance Operational Policy & Guidance Unit (COPGU) department of HMRC directly or indirectly use the services of the BIT?

10) Did the Behavioural & Customer Insight Team within the Central Customer Directorate of HMRC directly or indirectly use the services of the BIT?

Yours faithfully,

Chris Sawyer

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