Evaluations, survey work, qualitative studies and impact assessments commissioned by UK government departments — separated out from the news, and attributed to the agency that carried out the work.
Analyses UK road fuel prices in August 2026, assessing how the Middle East conflict affected retail pump prices, wholesale spreads and industry margins to understand market impacts and price transmission to consumers.
Provides independent advice to DCMS on a proposed subsidy to UDX Development Company Limited, assessing the measure’s compatibility with subsidy control rules and likely economic effects on the relevant market and competitors.
Estimates economic and social welfare impacts of night flights in the UK and models how those impacts would change under alternative night‑flying policy scenarios, informing potential policy adjustments.
Details the data, parameters and modelling approach used in the NQTM to assess the upgraded UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement, explaining how impacts were simulated in the paper.
Sets out the background, data sources and parameter choices used to build BIST’s new quantitative trade model (NQTM), documenting assumptions and inputs for model use and further analysis.
Assesses the commercial case for developing a domestic sustainable aviation fuel industry in Ghana, examining business viability, market opportunities and barriers for local SAF production to support aviation decarbonisation.
Estimates the economic and social cost of fraud against individuals and businesses in England and Wales for 2023–24, quantifying harms and likely impacts on victims, firms and public services over that financial year.
Estimates potential UK economic gains from removing non-skill, non-productivity barriers faced by under‑represented groups in the digital economy, modelling impacts of full equal access on digital-sector output and participation.
Estimates of Heathrow expansion's economic impacts produced using spatial computable general equilibrium (SCGE) modelling, quantifying regional and sectoral effects of airport growth on output, employment and trade.
Research and analysis examines the impacts of active travel investment in England, aiming to improve economic appraisal and evaluation methods for schemes that encourage walking and cycling.
Provides Analysis Mason’s assessment of the value and alternative uses of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) spectrum, examining implications for the future of UK TV distribution and potential reuse of spectrum.
A sectoral analysis of the UK cyber security industry provides figures on industry size, employment and revenue, mapping market structure and trends to inform policy on sector growth and skills needs.
Alma Economics assesses how local news provision supports local government performance, examining the role of local journalism in accountability, information flows and public engagement with local public services and decision-making.
Identifies pay comparators for prison service roles and presents pay comparisons between those roles and external benchmarks to inform the Prison Service Pay Review Body’s recommendations on pay relativities and recruitment/retention pressures.
Presents the Low Pay Commission’s evidence and analysis that underpinned its recommendations for National Minimum and Living Wage rates from April 2026, including labour market and employer impact assessment.
Statistical analysis of English Housing Survey data models options for a new Decent Homes Standard, providing quantitative estimates and scenarios to inform a proposed standards update for housing condition and investment planning.
Statistical analysis of English Housing Survey data used to model a revised Decent Homes Standard, informing a consultation planned for July–September 2025; the briefing presents the data inputs and modelling approach underpinning proposed standard changes.
An external study profiles the UK managed service provider market in 2025, setting out market size and the range of services offered to help shape procurement and sector policy for outsourced IT and managed security.
A series of reports estimate the costs and economic impact of cyber attacks on the UK, detailing financial losses and wider economic effects to inform national cyber resilience and risk‑management policy.
Quantifies the economic and social returns to the UK from public research and development spending, assessing benefits generated by public R&D investment for growth and societal outcomes.
Study identifies and measures local drivers of creative industries’ growth across the UK, analysing factors that support creative clusters and offering evidence on place-based conditions which boost creative sector expansion.
Report recommends updated approaches for assessing technical reliability when setting Capacity Market de‑rating factors for electricity interconnectors, advising on methodologies to reflect interconnector contribution to security of supply.
Homes England’s second paper on measuring social value focuses on brownfield development values, providing methods and metrics to assess social outcomes from redevelopment of previously developed land.
Independent report by Alma Economics assesses the financial and environmental pressures climate change poses to grassroots sport in the UK, analysing cost drivers, resilience challenges and implications for clubs and local provision.