Cycling and walking investment strategy: evidence review
An evidence review examines projected, allocated and delivered investment in walking, wheeling and cycling schemes across England to inform the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
Government research
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.
By agency
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By method
Debt Management Composition and Perceptions Research
Survey data and qualitative interviews report on people who owe DWP benefit overpayments, exploring their debt composition, management strategies and perceptions of repayment arrangements.
Perceptions of Department for Work and Pensions
Research summarises public perceptions of the Department for Work and Pensions, capturing attitudes towards its services, reputation and public trust.
Quantum key distribution research report
Study assesses quantum key distribution (QKD) technology and its cybersecurity implications, outlining risks and potential applications for secure communications but does not specify deployment timelines or quantified capability thresholds in the blurb.
Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: interim report
Interim report sets out progress on an independent review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD and autism, summarising early findings and next steps for improving diagnosis and services across affected groups.
Evaluation of the initiatives to enhance the move on process
Independent evaluation examines several initiatives intended to improve the ‘move on’ process, focusing on how they were implemented, initial impacts and their value for money for participants and delivery bodies.
Housing and health in local strategic health planning
National review analyses how housing considerations are incorporated into local strategic health planning documents in England, reporting where housing features in strategies and implications for aligning health and housing priorities.
Measuring civil legal aid demand
Ipsos report explores different approaches to measuring demand for civil legal aid in England and Wales, assessing metrics and methodologies to better estimate need for legal assistance.
Child maintenance calculation research
Research investigates parents’ perceptions of the statutory child maintenance calculation and their responses to various hypothetical changes, capturing attitudes towards fairness, affordability and likely behavioural impacts.
Breakfast club early adopters: interim evaluation
Interim evaluation examines how free breakfast clubs in the early adopter scheme operate, how families experience them, and early implementation issues affecting uptake and delivery in participating schools.
Rough sleeping questionnaire 2025: Findings
Findings from the 2025 Rough Sleeping Questionnaire present analysed data on rough sleeping in England, highlighting trends and characteristics of people sleeping rough as captured by the national survey.
Energy Efficiency Scheme: Final Evaluation Report
Evaluates the Energy Efficiency Scheme delivered through the 2023 VCSE Cost of Living Programme, assessing what activities were delivered, who benefited, outcomes achieved and lessons for future schemes supporting household energy efficiency via voluntary and community organisations.
How Move to UC customers manage their UC claim: Qualitative Research
Explores how 'Move to UC' customers manage Universal Credit claims and compares claimant experiences with legacy benefits, using in-depth qualitative interviews to identify barriers, behavioural responses and service interactions affecting claim management.
Impacts of public services being delivered by civil society organisations
Sets out a Theory of Change explaining how civil society organisations deliver public services and the mechanisms through which their involvement is expected to generate value, including inputs, activities, outputs and intended outcomes for beneficiaries.
Qualitative research with disadvantaged groups on Universal Credit covering: care experience, ex-offenders, homelessness and substance dependency
Presents qualitative insights from Universal Credit claimants with care experience, criminal convictions, homelessness or substance dependency, focusing on lived experience, claim challenges and service interactions that shape access and outcomes on UC.
DCMS areas of research interest
Summarises the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's priority research questions and thematic areas of interest to guide future-funded studies and evidence gathering across culture, media and sport policy areas.
Public sector use of biometric voice recognition technology: ethical issues
Outlines ethical issues for public sector use of biometric voice recognition, covering concerns such as accuracy, consent, bias, privacy, misuse and accountability to inform policymakers considering deployment of voice biometrics.
Research with Cryptoasset Investors and Industry Participants
Reports qualitative interviews with cryptoasset investors and industry participants to understand investor behaviour, market engagement, drivers of adoption and industry perspectives relevant to regulatory and tax policy design.
HMRC Cultural Tax Relief Evaluation
Evaluates Cultural Tax Reliefs—including Theatre, Orchestra and Museums and Galleries Exhibition Relief—examining their design, uptake, fiscal costs and effects on cultural organisations' income and activity to assess policy effectiveness.
Process evaluation of Combating Drugs Partnerships
Process evaluation of Combating Drugs Partnerships examines local delivery of the national drugs strategy, detailing how whole-system approaches were implemented, partnership working, barriers and facilitators to local delivery, and operational lessons.
Regulators' Pioneer Fund round 3: evaluation report and case studies
Independent evaluation and case studies of Round 3 of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund examines how regulator-led innovations were supported, lessons learned for scaling pilots, and the fund’s delivery and outcomes across participating regulatory bodies.
RPC opinion: Single patient record and information sharing
The Regulatory Policy Committee provides its opinion on the impact assessment for the Single Patient Record and information sharing policy, appraising the assessment’s quality, estimates of costs and benefits, and regulatory rationale.
Life courses and pension saving patterns
New longitudinal analysis links life-course patterns—such as employment, family and care trajectories—to pension saving behaviours and retirement outcomes, aiming to show how different life histories affect pension accumulation and adequacy.
The Southport Inquiry: Phase 1 report
Phase 1 of the Southport Inquiry reports on the circumstances of the 29 July 2024 Southport attack, setting out factual findings about planning, operational response and immediate contextual factors ahead of later phases.
Independent investigation of the NHS in England
Lord Darzi’s independent investigation assesses the state of the NHS in England, identifying system strengths and weaknesses and making recommendations intended to improve performance, capacity and patient outcomes across the service.
English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) 2024 to 2025 report
The ESPAUR 2024–25 report presents national data on antimicrobial prescribing and resistance, plus coverage of stewardship implementation and awareness activities to monitor trends and inform policy on antimicrobial use and resistance.
Cyber security sectoral analysis 2026
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.
Taser 10: medical assessment and technical reports
Technical testing and medical assessments of the new Taser 10 conducted to evaluate its electrical performance, physiological effects and potential medical risks to users and people subjected to the device; includes technical data and clinical findings to inform Home Office policy and guidance.
Research at HMCTS
A consolidated overview of research activity carried out by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, summarising projects, themes, methods and dissemination to support policy, operational improvement and user experience within courts and tribunals.
Safety digest 05/2026: Grantham South Junction
Safety digest summarising RAIB findings on the Grantham South Junction overspeeding incident of 26 September 2025, identifying causal factors and highlighting safety recommendations and operational lessons for network operators and regulators.