Business Quiz About The Social Impact Bonds In The UK
Welcome! This is the second Social Impact Bond interactive tool, produced in partnership between Social Finance, the Big Lottery Fund, the Cabinet Office, and the Local Government Association.
- 1.SOCIAL ISSUE AREA: Which social issues are suitable for a SIB? (select 5 from the following)
- A.
Children on the edge of the care system
- B.
Social isolation/ loneliness
- C.
Making savings through back office integration
- D.
Reducing obesity
- E.
Tackling knife crime and gang membership
- F.
Preventing people becoming not in education, employment or training
- G.
Provision of GP services
- H.
Working with complex or troubled families
- I.
Increasing council tax collection rates for a local authority
- J.
A community arts participation project
- 2.Which of the following statements describes a situation in which a SIB might be suitable?
- A.
The program is a back-office integration project using social investment to fund the upfront capital costs of new IT systems and shared back-office facilities with a neighboring authority. This co-commissioning approach will generate cashable savings, freeing up money to spend on preventative services in adults and children's social care. Outcome payments will be made on the basis that back-office services can be run effectively following the integration process.
- B.
The program will work across the whole population to reduce the incidence of smoking. The social investment will be used to fund public health campaigning funds and a helpline to advise smokers on how to quit. It will work at a population level to avoid cherry-picking of the easiest cases. Outcomes payments will be made on the basis of successful placement of stop-smoking adverts on bus stops and other public spaces, and number of calls received by a stop smoking helpline.
- C.
The program seeks to raise social investment to pay for services for chaotic drug and alcohol users who frequently rough sleep and offend. The services will be targeted at individuals who meet at least three of those four criteria. Outcomes will be based on the number of individuals drug and/or alcohol-free at 6 and 12 months The service will not generate significant savings for the local authority and the CCG is reluctant to co-commission. However, the council has funding available and considers this area to be a priority.
- 3.Does a SIB have to be used in an area in which there is currently no public service provision?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Can a SIB be used to fund statutory public services?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Can SIBs be co-commissioned by more than one local authority, CCG, police crime commissioner, etc?e
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.TARGET POPULATION:The definition of a SIB’s target population is:
- A.
The group of individuals with historically poor outcomes in the issue area
- B.
Everyone at risk of a poor outcome over the time period of the SIB
- C.
The group of individuals who meet the referral or identifying criteria specified for the intervention/s to be funded by the SIB
- 7.The performance of a SIB is measured against
- A.
Everyone in the target population / cohort regardless of whether they engage with the intervention
- B.
Only those who engage with and complete the intervention
- C.
The individuals within the target population who have the worst outcomes post-interventions
- 8.Providers choose the cohort they want to work with in the SIB
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.There is a minimum target population size for a SIB of minimum 100-150 individuals
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The individuals within the target population needs to be known in advance of the SIB operating?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.OUTCOMES:There is no maximum number of outcomes that could be included in a SIB
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.The measurement of outcomes can be done qualitatively by the providers or by the commissioner
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Which of the following could be used to attribute the impact of the intervention? (select multiple options)
- A.
A Randomised Control Trial
- B.
Before and after evidence
- C.
Comparison against national benchmark data
- D.
Matched control trial
- E.
Comparison against historical data for a similar cohort
- 14.A perverse incentive:
- A.
Is when contracts to provide services are based on outcomes
- B.
Is when outcomes metrics or outcomes payments could incentivise action which has a detrimental effect on social outcomes
- C.
Is when a strict referral criteria is used to identify potential cohorts
- D.
Is when inputs or outputs are used in commissioning rather than outcomes
- 15.Providers are usually paid on the basis of outcomes in SIBs
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.INTERVENTION:Interventions used in SIBs have to have been used before
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.SIBs can be a useful means of (select all that apply)
- A.
Trialling an innovative approach that has previously been piloted
- B.
Scaling up interventions which have been successful on a smaller scale
- C.
Testing whether a successful intervention might work with a different cohort
- D.
Replacing traditional funding for a programme which has a strong evidence base
- E.
Providing funding for programmes which have been trialled in the past but haven’t worked
- 18.Can the intervention be a service which is currently funded and delivered by the public sector
- A.
Yes
- B.
Yes, but there may be a requirement to TUPE staff to a new organisation
- C.
No – investors will only be willing to fund new services
- 19.SAVINGS/ BUSINESS CASE:SIBs always need to generate cashable savings for commissioners in order to be feasible
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Cashable savings are:
- A.
A saving that is a direct reduction in expenditure and is visible on an organisation’s budgets
- B.
A saving that generates income for the organisation in the future
- C.
A saving which can only be achieved if a capital asset can be decommissioned
- 21.Costs avoided are:
- A.
The savings that result from social return on investment
- B.
Savings generated for the commissioner as a result of not having to pay for something in the future
- C.
Savings that accrue to other agencies as a result of a successful intervention
- 22.The responsibility of making cashable savings within a SIB falls to:
- A.
The provider
- B.
The investor
- C.
The commissioner
- 23.If an intervention results in savings to multiple agencies a SIB is not possible
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.SOCIAL INVESTMENT:Social investors choose the social issue areas they are most interested in and commissioners must find SIBs that fit these areas
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Which of the following statements about the traditional SIB model is correct?
- A.
A SIB is a bond in which a commissioner borrows from social investors to pay for new interventions. The commissioner pays interest on the bond and returns the social investor’s principal at the end of the bond’s term
- B.
A SIB is a pure equity investment by social investors in a public service intervention/s. Returns to investors are uncapped and related to the performance of the interventions
- C.
A SIB is a quasi-equity investment in which investors put in upfront capital to fund interventions. The investors stand to lose all their money if the interventions don’t work. The investors are paid if positive outcomes are achieved, but their returns are capped.
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