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.
Evaluates the BDUK Hubs intervention and its effects on connecting GP surgeries and other healthcare sites to gigabit broadband, assessing how the programme changed connectivity outcomes for health service locations.
An updated harms assessment sets out current evidence on the use and harms of synthetic cathinones, produced by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs after a government commission to reassess risks and impacts of these stimulant drugs.
The AAIB monthly bulletin compiles recent air accident reports and summaries for September 2026, published on the second Thursday of the month to present investigations and safety findings to industry and the public.
A reviewed list of AAIB record-only unmanned aircraft system (UAS) investigations for June–July 2026, providing brief records of incidents that did not progress to full investigations.
A process evaluation of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 2 (CAS-2) reports on how the service operates, implementation challenges and delivery processes to inform future programme improvements.
Epidemiological overview of mpox clade Ib and clade IIb in the UK, summarising case patterns and mpox vaccine administration in England to inform public‑health monitoring and response.
The National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare sets out detailed recommendations to inform a future regulatory framework for AI in healthcare, advising government on oversight, safety assurances and governance for clinical use.
Sets out the planned approach to assessing the objectives, rationale, costs and benefits of proposals in the Health Bill to promote visiting in health and care settings, including how impacts on patients, providers and providers’ operations will be evaluated.
Describes the intended assessment approach to quantify objectives, rationale, costs and benefits of proposed changes to the medical device licensing regime in the Health Bill, including expected impacts on manufacturers, regulators and patient safety oversight.
Explains how the impacts of proposed Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) reforms in the Health Bill will be assessed, covering objectives, rationale and costs and benefits for regulators, industry and patient safety frameworks.
Sets out the method for assessing objectives, rationale, costs and benefits of proposed amendments to section 75 of the NHS Act 2006, explaining how effects on commissioning, collaboration and statutory duties will be measured.
Describes the planned assessment approach for the Health Bill’s proposed patient safety measures, outlining how objectives, rationale, costs and benefits will be appraised for providers, regulators and patient outcomes.
Explains the approach to assessing objectives, rationale, costs and benefits of proposed structural changes to integrated care boards and foundation trusts in the Health Bill, including expected impacts on governance, service delivery and system finances.
Describes the approach to analysing the objectives, rationale, and the costs and benefits of the proposal to abolish NHS England as part of the Health Bill, setting out how impacts and trade‑offs will be assessed.
Sets out how the Department will assess equality impacts of empowering integrated care boards (ICBs) as strategic commissioners under the Health Bill, identifying protected groups to consider and the methods for analysing disparate effects.
Summarises the Health Bill impact assessments, explaining the approach to evaluating objectives, rationale, costs and benefits across proposals and highlighting expected effects on integrated care boards and foundation trusts.
Explains the framework for assessing equality impacts of the proposal to abolish NHS England within the Health Bill, outlining the protected characteristics to be examined and the methodology for identifying differential effects.
Provides an overview of the Health Bill’s equality impact assessments, summarising the approach to identifying equality effects across all included policies and flagging where differential impacts on protected groups may arise.
Sets out how equality impacts of Health Bill proposals on visiting and involvement in care decisions will be assessed, requiring integrated care boards and local authorities to consider visiting arrangements and other people’s participation when implementing the Bill.
The Regulatory Policy Committee provides its opinion on the Department of Health and Social Care’s impact assessment for medical device licensing changes, assessing the quality of evidence and analytical approach.
June 2026 monthly report on construction noise and vibration monitoring along the HS2 Phase One route (London to West Midlands), presenting measurements taken at monitoring locations within local authority areas adjacent to the works.
June 2026 monthly air quality and dust monitoring report for HS2 Phase One, providing measurements from monitoring sites within local authority areas along the London–West Midlands route to track particulate and air pollutant levels near construction.
The DVLA continues a continuous customer satisfaction survey for 2025–26 to monitor service quality, collecting ongoing feedback from motorists and licence holders to inform improvements to DVLA customer services.
Notification PBR/26/010 records approval to release a precision‑bred rapeseed plant in England, detailing the intended release of a genetically edited crop under regulatory oversight for environmental and agricultural monitoring.
Quarterly figures set out the Charity Commission’s registrations and casework, providing updated counts and trends on charity registrations, regulatory investigations and compliance activity for 2026–27.
Professor Dave O’Brien’s DCMS Skills and Diverse Workforce Fellowship presents findings on how knowledge and research are used in creative industries policy, offering recommendations to improve evidence use in skills and workforce policy-making.
Lucy Yu’s independent review examines deployment of artificial intelligence in electricity networks, assessing current use, potential benefits, risks and recommendations for safer, more effective AI integration in network operation.
A Department for Transport process evaluation of a Rapid Charging Fund pilot that funded electricity upgrades at motorway services to support ultra-rapid EV charging, intended to inform future national charging infrastructure policy.
A MHCLG study tested whether using reservation agreements in residential sales could cut failed transactions by defining how such offers should work, who signs them, timings and consumer protections to improve completion rates.
HMRC publishes local reference rents for England as at August 2026, listing LRRs by number of rooms and Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA) to inform welfare assessments and local housing allowance calculations.