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.
Rapid evidence assessment on ‘comfort taking’ finds households may raise thermostat set‑points after retrofit, reviewing behavioural drivers and implications for expected energy savings from home decarbonisation measures.
Explores barriers vulnerable owner-occupiers face when installing home decarbonisation measures, using qualitative interviews to detail practical, financial and awareness challenges and suggest ways to improve accessibility and uptake.
Classifies owner-occupiers and private landlords by attitudes to green home finance products, identifying behavioural segments and barriers to take-up to inform product design and policy interventions for retrofit lending and incentives.
Behavioural research examines how the residential sales and lettings sector currently supports — and could better support — homeowners to decarbonise homes, exploring motivations, barriers and potential industry interventions.
Behavioural study examining challenges decarbonising mixed‑tenure social housing in England, focusing on tenant‑landlord dynamics, consent, funding and coordination barriers that complicate retrofits across tenures.
Evaluates progress of the Cyber‑AI Hub delivered by Queen’s University Belfast, assessing programme delivery, outputs and early impacts on cyber‑AI research, skills development and regional capability in Northern Ireland.
Presents findings from the 2025 survey of pregnant women about vaccination attitudes, reporting levels of acceptance, hesitancy drivers and potential influences on uptake of antenatal immunisations.
Examines how UK design protection is used and proposes potential reforms, analysing current practice, gaps and policy options to improve design rights, enforcement and business support.
Reports wave two findings from the Children of the 2020s longitudinal study at age two, detailing developmental, family and environmental measures to track early childhood outcomes over time.
Survey-based study examining how safe people feel on England’s transport network and collecting accounts of incidents affecting personal safety, including where and when concerns occur and factors shaping perceptions of safety on different modes.
Research with a sample of traders and intermediary declarants assessing the administrative burden of completing customs processes, identifying pain points in paperwork, time costs and interactions with customs systems.
Evaluation of in‑work progression (IWP) support for Universal Credit claimants, reporting on how the support was delivered, claimant experiences and whether it helped people increase hours, pay or move to better roles.
Summary of panel research with UK traders and intermediaries on experiences of completing customs declarations and using HMRC systems, tracking ongoing service issues and user interactions over time.
Deliberative research with prospective recipients to inform the design of the Crisis and Resilience Fund, exploring needs, priorities, eligibility perceptions and preferences for how support should operate.
Study exploring views and experiences of current Pension Credit recipients and potentially entitled non‑recipients, focusing on take‑up barriers, claimant journeys and reasons for not claiming entitlement.
Case study research into delivery of the Household Support Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments, summarising how local delivery operates, challenges faced by administrators and variations in claimant support.
Presents qualitative research probing why businesses and individuals do or do not use HMRC’s 'Application for Action' intellectual property rights service, examining underlying motivations and barriers to engagement.
Sets out the independent framework for process and impact evaluation of the Automotive Transformation Fund, establishing how the fund’s delivery and outcomes will be assessed during and after intervention.
Independent process evaluation of the Automotive Transformation Fund assessing whether the ATF is being implemented as intended, how effectively its design operates and any issues affecting delivery to automotive firms.
Explores experiences of individuals and small businesses who received tax penalties or penalty suspensions, focusing on customer perspectives of the process and impacts of enforcement actions.
Compares disability benefits systems and disability employment support across selected OECD countries to draw lessons for UK policy on benefit design and employment services for disabled people.
Analyses how UK businesses adopt AI, the barriers they face and the sectoral impacts of AI deployment to inform policy on adoption, regulation and support for firms.
Independent evaluation of National Citizen Service delivery in 2023–25, assessing the programme run by the National Citizen Service Trust and its outcomes for participants.
Series of research reports commissioned to inform the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates for 2026, providing evidence on low‑paid work and wage impacts.
Research into how parents can discuss online content with their children, aiming to inform policy and guidance on media literacy and family communication about digital media.
Wave 3 presents survey findings on teachers’ and school leaders’ working lives, covering workload, retention intentions, wellbeing and recruitment pressures across primary and secondary phases, based on a nationally collected teacher and leader sample.
An audit of the US breeding poultry compartment scheme assesses how compartments certify freedom from avian influenza and Newcastle disease, evaluating the scheme’s assurances for trade and risks to UK biosecurity and import controls.
A qualitative process evaluation examines how the Home Office implemented the National Fraud Squad, exploring operational delivery, barriers and whether it is meeting intended aims through interviews and document review.
Research tests whether carbon labels on flights change consumer choices and encourages lower‑carbon travel, analysing label design, consumer responses and potential impacts on booking behaviour.
Analysis maps UK cyber security labour market needs for 2025, detailing skills shortages and vacancy patterns across regions and roles to inform workforce planning and training provision.