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.
Summarises small-scale behavioural insight studies (2022–25) used to inform early service design for the Health Transformation Programme, reporting exploratory findings on user behaviour, nudges and design options for transformed services.
Sets out planned evaluation and monitoring arrangements for the Health Transformation Programme in 2026, summarising objectives, proposed indicators, governance and approaches to assess programme delivery and impacts.
Explores data access barriers affecting age-assurance tools’ performance, diagnosing technical and governance issues and proposing potential solutions to improve effectiveness and reliability of online age checks.
Reports on SMEs’ awareness, use and attitudes towards electronic invoicing, mapping adoption levels, perceived benefits and barriers among small and medium enterprises to inform policy on digitalisation of invoicing.
Surveys 1,202 VAT-registered businesses about the new points-based late submission system and revised late-payment penalties, reporting awareness, perceived fairness and intended behavioural responses to the penalty reforms.
Provides the Animal Welfare Committee’s view on welfare implications of farming and wild-capture for fur, assessing practices, welfare risks and considerations for responsible sourcing policies.
Presents findings from qualitative interviews with DWP customers about their experiences of the department’s complaints process, highlighting pain points, communication issues and suggestions for improving accessibility and resolution timelines.
Evaluates how multi‑agency safeguarding partnerships across England identify, assess and respond to serious youth violence and county lines exploitation, identifying strengths and gaps in local protective arrangements and inter‑agency coordination.
Examines how national planning policy and guidance shapes decisions to demolish, redevelop or retrofit buildings, analysing the policy levers, decision criteria and implications for sustainability and heritage considerations.
Presents four case studies examining methods for measuring the legacy and impact of major events, testing indicators and analytic approaches to assess social, economic and cultural outcomes over time.
Assesses equality impacts of the FCDO’s proposed Official Development Assistance programme allocations for 2026–27 to 2028–29, identifying potential effects on protected groups and recommending mitigations.
Independent research exploring industry perspectives on product safety, likely covering business practices, regulatory compliance and barriers to improving safety standards across sectors.
Draws lessons from recent statutory and non‑statutory best value interventions, summarising effective approaches, pitfalls and recommendations for improving local authority performance oversight.
Sets out Department for Business and Trade’s areas of research interest, specifying themes where the department invites external evidence to inform policy development and priorities.
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.
Behavioural Insights Team analysed over 30,000 news articles published in July–August 2024 to examine how local media covered and influenced communities affected by the summer riots, identifying patterns in reporting and community impact across publications.
A methodological toolkit setting out approaches for capturing engagement numbers at unticketed sporting and cultural events, providing guidance on data sources, measurement techniques and practical steps for consistent counting and reporting.
Analysis of participation survey data from strand 2 of the R&D programme assesses how surveys can estimate crowd engagement at unticketed sporting and cultural events, including strengths, limitations and recommended survey designs.
Case study on the 2022 Women's Euros final evaluates methods used to estimate engagement at an unticketed major event, illustrating practical application of the programme’s approaches and lessons for measuring crowd sizes and participation.
The Great North Run 2024 case study tests approaches for counting engagement at a large unticketed sporting event, examining data sources, estimation techniques and challenges specific to mass-participation runs.
Giant's Causeway case study explores methods to capture visitor engagement at a high‑footfall unticketed cultural site, assessing data collection techniques and implications for estimating attendance and visitor behaviour.
British Museum case study examines approaches to measuring engagement at a major unticketed cultural institution, testing survey and observational techniques to improve estimates of visitor numbers and participation patterns.
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture case study applies the engagement‑counting methodology to a citywide cultural programme, highlighting practical challenges and recommendations for estimating participation across multiple unticketed events.
Summarises strand 2 case studies testing methods to estimate attendance and engagement at unticketed sporting and cultural events, presenting practical findings on data sources and approaches for counting participants where no ticketing exists.
Presents a Pulsar case study under strand 1, examining how Pulsar data can be used to capture engagement at unticketed sporting and cultural events and its suitability compared with other data sources.
Details a Strava case study from strand 1 assessing the potential of Strava-derived activity data to estimate numbers and movement patterns at unticketed sporting and cultural events.
Reports a Huq case study within strand 1 that evaluates Huq’s mobility and footfall datasets for measuring engagement at unticketed sporting and cultural events and discusses limitations and practical uses.
Sets out a data source prioritisation framework used in strand 1 to rank datasets for estimating engagement at unticketed sporting and cultural events, guiding which sources are most useful and reliable.
Explores datasets and methods in strand 1 to estimate engagement at unticketed sporting and cultural events, mapping available data, methodological options and practical challenges for producing reliable counts.
Provides a toolkit for measuring the legacy and impact of major events, offering methods, indicators and guidance for assessing economic, social and cultural outcomes after sporting or cultural events.