Details of request “Has HMRC set-up a Behavioural Science Unit (BSU)

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id event_type details created_at described_state calculated_state last_described_at link
4220120  sent    2019-03-12 08:25:45 +0000  waiting_response  waiting_response  2019-03-12 08:25:45 +0000  outgoing  
4220933  response    2019-03-12 14:08:42 +0000    waiting_response  2019-03-17 17:33:35 +0000  incoming  
4250139  status_update    2019-03-17 17:33:35 +0000  waiting_response  waiting_response  2019-03-17 17:33:35 +0000   
4323270  response    2019-04-02 11:55:46 +0100    successful  2019-04-09 09:17:54 +0100  incoming  
4360393  status_update  described_state  2019-04-09 09:17:54 +0100  successful  successful  2019-04-09 09:17:54 +0100   
4368179  followup_sent    2019-04-10 15:12:51 +0100        outgoing  
4397130  overdue    2019-04-11 00:00:00 +0100         
4373479  response    2019-04-11 11:13:32 +0100    waiting_response  2019-04-15 11:29:10 +0100  incoming  
4393052  status_update  described_state  2019-04-15 11:29:10 +0100  waiting_response  waiting_response  2019-04-15 11:29:10 +0100   
4551039  response    2019-05-13 18:56:15 +0100    partially_successful  2019-05-28 08:27:37 +0100  incoming  
4628655  status_update  described_state  2019-05-28 08:27:36 +0100  partially_successful  partially_successful  2019-05-28 08:27:37 +0100   
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