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Key definition

Delivery definition

What does Delivery mean? Delivery, in practice, is the seller handing over possession or control of goods to the buyer or the buyer’s agent at the agreed time and place. In the UK and Ireland it is defined in statute as the voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another (sale of goods Act 1979, s 61(1); Sale of Goods Act (Northern Ireland) 1979; Sale of Goods Act 1893 (Ireland), as amended). Delivery concerns possession and is distinct from the passing of property (title). Key features include actual delivery, constructive delivery (for example, to a carrier or by attornment), and symbolic...

UK evidence-based policy: institutions, methodologies and practice—What Works Centres, RCTs, HM Treasury guidance, and application across policy design, delivery and evaluation

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Practice notes

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and not being updated. Evidence-based policy is a method and mindset that supports people to take well-judged decisions on policies, programmes and projects by making sure policy design and Delivery are guided by the strongest available evidence. As one Whitehall policymaker puts it in practical terms, there are two strands: evidence that action is required, and evidence that a chosen response is the right remedy. See What Works? Evidence-based Policy and Practice in Public Services, Nutley and Smith, 2000.

The rise of evidence-based policy

We should create policies that truly address problems, look ahead, are shaped by evidence rather than short-term pressures, and deal with root causes rather than symptoms, as set out in the White Paper Modernising Government, March 1999. The UK has been, and continues to be, among the world leaders in evidence-based and evidence-informed policy within the UK. In 1997, the New Labour administration explicitly sought to end ideology- and opinion-driven policymaking that leaned on untested assumptions or cherry-picked evidence. Since then, successive UK governments have invested substantially in funding, developing, and strengthening...

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Lisa Larsen

The Behavioural Insights Team

Lisa is Group Managing Director of Strategy and Implementation at The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT). She has over 20 years of experience of working with governments and public services on evidence-based change, both in the UK and abroad. Prior to joining BIT, Lisa was a Chief Operating Officer at PPL, a specialist health and care consultancy based in London. She has also held senior posts in Accenture’s Institute for Health and Public Service Value. While in this post, Lisa managed all operations for the Institute’s global thought-leadership team and led a number of global studies and public service improvement initiatives. Preceding Accenture, Lisa worked for six years at the Office for Public Management (OPM) where she was the Associate Director responsible for establishing and growing the Analytical Studies team. Under her leadership, the team delivered a large number of...

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