Collection

Research reports from 2010 onwards

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 10 October 2013
• Last updated: 4 April 2017, see all updates

This page brings together all research reports published from 2010 onwards.

This page lists all of our research reports published from 2010 onwards. It includes in-house research reports from 2011 to 2013 previously published separately.

Older research publications

You can find older research publications on The National Archives

2017 research reports

1. Drug and alcohol addiction, and obesity: effects on employment outcomes: claimants' views

   • 4 April 2017
   • Research and analysis

2. Drug and alcohol dependency: employment support

   • 4 April 2017
   • Research and analysis

3. Older workers and the workplace: evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey

   • 2 February 2017
   • Research and analysis

4. Sector-based work academies and work experience trials for older claimants: combined quantitative and qualitative findings

   • 2 February 2017
   • Research and analysis

5. Employer experiences of recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers: qualitative research

   • 2 February 2017
   • Research and analysis

6. DWP claimant service and experience survey 2015 to 2016

   • 27 January 2017
   • Research and analysis

7. Independent Living Fund: post-closure review

   • 20 January 2017
   • Research and analysis

8. Discretionary Housing Payments and Universal Support: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 32

   • 19 January 2017
   • Research and analysis

2016 research reports

1. Child Support Agency case closure outcomes survey

   • 16 December 2016
   • Research and analysis

2. Child Maintenance Service Direct Pay clients survey

   • 16 December 2016
   • Research and analysis

3. Evaluation of Jobcentre Plus Support for Schools programme: Pathfinder evaluation

   • 9 December 2016
   • Research and analysis

4. Supported accommodation review

   • 21 November 2016
   • Research and analysis

5. The banking needs of Universal Credit claimants: the potential role of budgeting accounts

   • 29 September 2016
   • Research and analysis

6. Help and support for separated families innovation fund evaluation

   • 26 September 2016
   • Research and analysis

7. Intensive Activity Programme trial evaluation

   • 4 August 2016
   • Research and analysis

8. Supervised Jobsearch Pilots trial evaluation

   • 4 August 2016
   • Research and analysis

9. Evaluation of the prepaid card live test

   • 6 July 2016
   • Research and analysis

10. Growing the social investment market: update on SIFI social investment

    • 6 July 2016
    • Research and analysis

11. Qualitative evaluation of the DWP Innovation Fund: final report

    • 6 July 2016
    • Research and analysis

12. Discretionary Housing Payments, temporary accommodation and Universal Support delivered locally: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 31

    • 26 May 2016
    • Research and analysis

13. ESF 2007 to 2013: evaluation of the second half of the programme

    • 16 May 2016
    • Research and analysis

14. Sector-based work academies: a quantitative impact assessment

    • 23 March 2016
    • Research and analysis

15. Work experience: a quantitative impact assessment

    • 23 March 2016
    • Research and analysis

16. Employers' pension provision survey 2015

    • 7 March 2016
    • Research and analysis

17. DWP claimant service and experience survey 2014 to 2015

    • 10 February 2016
    • Research and analysis

18. New Enterprise Allowance survey

    • 28 January 2016
    • Research and analysis

19. European Social Fund (ESF) support for families with multiple problems evaluation

    • 28 January 2016
    • Research and analysis

20. In-work progression advice trial evaluation

    • 26 January 2016
    • Research and analysis

2015 research reports

1. Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy evaluation: final report

   • 17 December 2015
   • Research and analysis

2. Pension charges survey 2015: charges in defined contribution pension schemes

   • 17 December 2015
   • Research and analysis

3. Evaluation of the plans for the 2014 to 2020 ESF Programme in England

   • 26 November 2015
   • Research and analysis

4. Automatic enrolment evaluation report 2015

   • 18 November 2015
   • Research and analysis

5. Attitudes and behaviours of self-employed child maintenance clients and barriers to paying child maintenance

   • 29 October 2015
   • Research and analysis

6. Review of the Merlin Standard

   • 20 October 2015
   • Research and analysis

7. 'Telephone Support’ psychological wellbeing and work feasibility pilot evaluation

   • 22 September 2015
   • Research and analysis

8. 'Group Work’ psychological wellbeing and work feasibility pilot evaluation

   • 22 September 2015
   • Research and analysis

9. Long-term separated parents: developing support to encourage child maintenance arrangements

   • 27 August 2015
   • Research and analysis

10. European Social Fund (ESF) cohort study 2012 to 2014

    • 30 July 2015
    • Research and analysis

11. Understanding the journeys from work to Employment and Support Allowance

    • 25 June 2015
    • Research and analysis

12. Health and wellbeing at work: survey of employees

    • 21 July 2015
    • Research and analysis

13. Child poverty transitions: exploring the routes into and out of poverty 2009 to 2012

    • 25 June 2015
    • Research and analysis

14. Fit for Work Service pilots 2010 to 2013: final evaluation report

    • 25 June 2015
    • Research and analysis

15. Automatic enrolment: qualitative research with employers staging in 2014

    • 5 January 2015
    • Research and analysis

2014 research reports

1. Work Programme evaluation: 'day one mandation' of prison leavers

   • 18 December 2014
   • Research and analysis

2. Work Programme evaluation: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery

   • 18 December 2014
   • Research and analysis

3. Work Programme evaluation: participant experience

   • 18 December 2014
   • Research and analysis

4. Direct Payment Demonstration Projects: final reports

   • 18 December 2014
   • Research and analysis

5. Benefit cap evaluation

   • 15 December 2014
   • Research and analysis

6. Day One Support for Young People trailblazer

   • 27 November 2014
   • Research and analysis

7. Automatic enrolment evaluation report 2014

   • 24 November 2014
   • Research and analysis

8. New State Pension: qualitative research on the ideal customer journey

   • 24 October 2014
   • Research and analysis

9. Universal Credit Pathfinder Evaluation

   • 22 October 2014
   • Research and analysis

10. DWP claimant service and experience survey 2013

    • 16 October 2014
    • Research and analysis

11. Fit for Work: exploring future GP referrals

    • 10 October 2014
    • Research and analysis

12. Household finances of Carer’s Allowance recipients

    • 22 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

13. Personal Independence Payment new claims: early evaluation of process

    • 22 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

14. DWP employer engagement and experience survey 2013

    • 17 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

15. Small employer recruitment practices

    • 17 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

16. Employers' pension provision survey 2013

    • 16 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

17. Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy: interim evaluation report

    • 15 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

18. Local Housing Allowance: monitoring the impact of changes

    • 15 July 2015
    • Research and analysis

19. Discretionary Housing Payments, Universal Credit, and the benefit cap: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 25

    • 15 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

20. Innovation Fund pilots qualitative evaluation: early implementation findings

    • 11 July 2014
    • Research and analysis

21. Provision of survivors’ benefits in occupational pension schemes

    • 26 June 2014
    • Research and analysis

22. Making decisions about work in low-income couple households

    • 26 June 2014
    • Research and analysis

23. Defined Ambition pensions: consumer perspectives

    • 26 June 2014
    • Research and analysis

24. Sorting out Separation Web app: evaluation of effectiveness

    • 13 March 2014
    • Research and analysis

25. Automatic enrolment: experiences of workers who have opted out – a qualitative research study

    • 12 March 2014
    • Research and analysis

26. Youth Contract: customers' experiences

    • 25 February 2014
    • Research and analysis

27. Youth Contract wage incentive: wave 2 research

    • 25 February 2014
    • Research and analysis

28. Study into average civil compensation in mesothelioma cases (RR858)

    • 9 January 2014
    • Research and analysis

29. Defined contribution pension schemes: landscape and charges survey 2013

    • 18 February 2014
    • Research and analysis

2010 to 2013 research reports

1. Additional voluntary National Insurance contributions at State Pension age

   • 20 December 2013
   • Research and analysis

2. Telephonic support to facilitate return to work: what works, how, and when? (RR853)

   • 6 December 2013
   • Research and analysis

3. Universal Credit pathfinder evaluation: interim results from the Universal Credit claimant survey, wave 1

   • 5 December 2013
   • Research and analysis

4. Automatic enrolment evaluation report 2013

   • 28 November 2013
   • Research and analysis

5. The Jobcentre Plus Offer: final evaluation report

   • 28 November 2013
   • Research and analysis

6. Public perceptions of the removal of the spare room subsidy

   • 8 November 2013
   • Research and analysis

7. Automatic enrolment: Qualitative research with large employers

   • 31 October 2013
   • Research and analysis

8. Benefit cap: public attitudes before and after its introduction

   • 10 October 2013
   • Research and analysis

9. Jobseeker’s Allowance Online Digital Trailblazers phases 2 and 3: evaluation

   • 10 October 2013
   • Research and analysis

10. Local Authority Led Pilots: A summary of early learning from the pilots

    • 25 July 2013
    • Research and analysis

11. A survey of disabled working age benefit claimants (IHR16)

    • 16 July 2013
    • Research and analysis

12. Public perceptions of the benefit cap and pre-implementation impacts

    • 12 July 2013
    • Research and analysis

13. Lone Parent Obligations: an impact assessment (RR845)

    • 11 July 2013
    • Research and analysis

14. Discretionary Housing Payments, Housing Benefit advice, and Local Housing Allowance changes: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 24 (RR847)

    • 11 July 2013
    • Research and analysis

15. Evaluation of the Work Choice Specialist Disability Employment Programme (RR846)

    • 4 July 2013
    • Research and analysis

16. Jobseeker's Allowance Domestic Violence Easement and Destitute Domestic Violence Concession: implementation (RR843)

    • 20 June 2013
    • Research and analysis

17. Local worklessness policy analysis case studies (RR 844)

    • 1 June 2013
    • Research and analysis

18. Employer perceptions of work experience and sector-based work academies (RR 842)

    • 1 June 2013
    • Research and analysis

19. Evaluation of the Statement of Fitness for Work (fit note): quantitative survey of fit notes (RR 841)

    • 21 January 2014
    • Research and analysis

20. An evaluation of the Statement of Fitness for Work (fit note): Survey of employees (RR 840)

    • 1 June 2013
    • Research and analysis

21. Jobseeker’s Allowance Online Digital Trailblazers

    • 1 May 2013
    • Research and analysis

22. Direct Payments Demonstration Projects: Learning the lessons, 6 months in (RR 839)

    • 1 May 2013
    • Research and analysis

23. Monitoring the impact of changes to the Local Housing Allowance system of Housing Benefit: Interim report (RR 838)

    • 1 May 2013
    • Research and analysis

24. Discretionary Housing Payments, Housing Benefit advice, and temporary accommodation: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 23 (RR 834)

    • 1 May 2013
    • Research and analysis

25. Personal Independence Payment user-centred design (RR837)

    • 1 May 2013
    • Research and analysis

26. DWP publications and Direct Payments: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 22

    • 10 April 2013
    • Research and analysis

27. New Enterprise Allowance: Qualitative evaluation (RR 836)

    • 1 April 2013
    • Research and analysis

28. General Practitioners’ attitudes towards patients’ health and work, 2010 to 2012 (RR 835)

    • 1 April 2013
    • Research and analysis

29. The Youth Contract: Findings from research with Jobcentre Plus staff in five case study districts (RR 833)

    • 1 April 2013
    • Research and analysis

30. DWP claimant service and experience survey 2012

    • 1 March 2013
    • Research and analysis

31. Work Programme Evaluation: Procurement, supply chains and implementation of the commissioning model

    • 25 June 2013
    • Research and analysis

32. Research about how the move to Universal Credit will affect self-employed tax claimants

    • 1 March 2013
    • Research and analysis

33. Employment, Partnership and Skills (RR830)

    • 1 March 2013
    • Research and analysis

34. Understanding material deprivation among older people (IHR14)

    • 1 February 2013
    • Research and analysis

35. Early evaluation of the Youth Contract wage incentive scheme (RR828)

    • 1 February 2013
    • Research and analysis

36. Pensioner poverty and material deprivation (RR827)

    • 1 February 2013
    • Research and analysis

37. Evaluation of employment advisers in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (RR826)

    • 22 January 2013
    • Research and analysis

38. A simpler state pension: a qualitative study to explore 1 option for reform (RR787)

    • 11 January 2013
    • Research and analysis

39. Extending Working Life Sector Initiative (IHR13)

    • 1 January 2013
    • Research and analysis

40. Evaluation of European Social Fund: Priority 1 and Priority 4 (Employment and NEET) Provision (RR 825)

    • 1 January 2013
    • Research and analysis

41. Evaluation of Support for the Very Long-Term Unemployed Trailblazer (RR824)

    • 1 December 2012
    • Research and analysis

42. Lone Parent Obligations: following lone parents’ journeys from benefits to work (RR818)

    • 1 December 2012
    • Research and analysis

43. Direct Payments Demonstration Projects: Findings from a baseline survey of tenants in five project areas inEngland and Wales (RR822)

    • 1 December 2012
    • Research and analysis

44. Evaluation of Mandatory Work Activity (RR823)

    • 1 December 2012
    • Research and analysis

45. Attitudes to Pensions: The 2012 survey (RR813)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

46. Evaluation of the European Social Fund Innovation, Transnational and Mainstreaming projects (RR817)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

47. The Jobcentre Plus Offer: Findings from the first year of the evaluation (RR814)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

48. Collaborative parenting: Barriers faced by separated fathers (RR815)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

49. Pension Credit eligible non-recipients: Barriers to claiming (RR819)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

50. Evaluation of ESF/DWP families with multiple problems/troubled families initiative - A feasibility study (RR816)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

51. Preparing for an Ageing Society: Evaluating the Ageing Well programme Parts 1 and 2 (RR807)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

52. Work Programme evaluation: Findings from the first phase of qualitative research on programme delivery (RR821)

    • 25 June 2013
    • Research and analysis

53. Outcomes of the Active at 60 Community Agent Programme (RR808)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

54. GPs’ perceptions of potential services to help employees on sick leave return to work (RR820)

    • 1 November 2012
    • Research and analysis

55. Household financial decision making: Qualitative research with couples (RR805)

    • 1 October 2012
    • Research and analysis

56. Quantifying the effectiveness of interventions for people with common health conditions in enabling them to stay in or return to work (RR812)

    • 1 October 2012
    • Research and analysis

57. Health, Work and Well-being: A study of the Co-ordinator and Challenge Fund initiatives (RR811)

    • 1 October 2012
    • Research and analysis

58. Pension landscape and charging: Quantitative and qualitative research with employers and pension providers (RR804)

    • 1 September 2012
    • Research and analysis

59. Mental health in context: the national study of work-search and wellbeing (RR810)

    • 1 September 2012
    • Research and analysis

60. Jobcentre Plus Employer Satisfaction and Experience Survey 2012 (RR806)

    • 1 September 2012
    • Research and analysis

61. Extending working life: Behaviour change interventions (RR809)

    • 1 September 2012
    • Research and analysis

62. Working Age claimants with complex needs: in-house research no. 12

    • 15 August 2012
    • Research and analysis

63. How ready is Jobcentre Plus to help people in their 60s find work? (IHR11)

    • 17 July 2012
    • Research and analysis

64. Decision making on Employment and Support Allowance claims (RR788)

    • 16 July 2012
    • Research and analysis

65. Employers' Pension Provision Survey 2011(RR802)

    • 1 July 2012
    • Research and analysis

66. Work and the welfare system: a survey of benefits and tax credits recipients (RR800)

    • 1 July 2012
    • Research and analysis

67. Workplace Pension Reforms: Baseline Evaluation Report (RR803)

    • 1 July 2012
    • Research and analysis

68. Universal Credit: research with claimants and staff to inform development

    • 1 July 2012
    • Research and analysis

69. Monitoring the impact of changes to the Local Housing Allowance system of housing benefit: Summary of early findings (RR798)

    • 1 June 2012
    • Research and analysis

70. Process evaluation of the Jobcentre Plus Performance Management Framework (RR801)

    • 1 June 2012
    • Research and analysis

71. Supplementary review to assess the impact of the workplace pension reforms on household savings: in-house research no.10

    • 23 May 2012
    • Research and analysis

72. European Social Fund 2007 to 2010 co-financing plans evaluation

    • 8 May 2012
    • Research and analysis

73. Personal Independence Payment user-centred design: Strand 1 report (RR794)

    • 19 April 2012
    • Research and analysis

74. Statement of Fitness for Work (RR797)

    • 1 April 2012
    • Research and analysis

75. Qualitative evaluation of the Pension Credit Payment Study (RR795)

    • 21 March 2012
    • Research and analysis

76. Quantitative evaluation of the Pension Credit Payment Study (RR796)

    • 21 March 2012
    • Research and analysis

77. Review of 50 Plus Works good-practice guide and toolkit: in-house research no. 8

    • 5 March 2012
    • Research and analysis

78. Evaluation of the Fit for Work Service pilots: first year report (RR792)

    • 29 February 2012
    • Research and analysis

79. Occupational Health Advice Lines evaluation: final report (RR793)

    • 29 February 2012
    • Research and analysis

80. Destinations of Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support and Employment and SupportAllowance Leavers 2011 (RR791)

    • 23 February 2012
    • Research and analysis

81. Bereavement benefits: findings from qualitative research (RR790)

    • 15 February 2012
    • Research and analysis

82. Pension, Disability and Carers Service customer survey: 2010/11 annual report (RR789)

    • 10 February 2012
    • Research and analysis

83. Active at 60: final report of local evaluation research (RR786)

    • 24 January 2012
    • Research and analysis

84. Investigating the triggers into claiming Pension Credit (RR785)

    • 29 December 2011
    • Research and analysis

85. Attitudes to age in Britain 2010/11: in-house research no. 7

    • 21 December 2011
    • Research and analysis

86. City Strategy: final evaluation (RR783)

    • 13 December 2011
    • Research and analysis

87. Qualitative study of offender employment review: final report (RR784)

    • 13 December 2011
    • Research and analysis

88. Lone Parent Obligations: work, childcare and the Jobseeker’s Allowance regime (RR782)

    • 7 December 2011
    • Research and analysis

89. The introduction of Jobcentre Plus: An evaluation of labour market impacts (RR781)

    • 30 November 2011
    • Research and analysis

90. Work Choice evaluation: in-house research no. 6

    • 23 November 2011
    • Research and analysis

91. An evaluation of the Statement of Fitness for Work: qualitative research with GPs (RR780)

    • 15 November 2011
    • Research and analysis

92. Understanding the worklessness dynamics and characteristics of deprived areas (RR779)

    • 14 November 2011
    • Research and analysis

93. Perceptions of welfare reform and Universal Credit (RR778)

    • 7 November 2011
    • Research and analysis

94. ESF 2007 to 2013: evaluation of the first half of the programme

    • 5 October 2011
    • Research and analysis

95. Increasing digital channel use amongst digitally excluded Jobcentre Plus claimants (RR776)

    • 1 October 2011
    • Research and analysis

96. Maternity and Paternity Rights and Women Returners Survey 2009/10 (RR777)

    • 1 October 2011
    • Research and analysis

97. Work-Focused Services in Children’s Centres Pilot (RR772)

    • 1 September 2011
    • Research and analysis

98. Perceptions of income requirements in retirement (RR773)

    • 1 September 2011
    • Research and analysis

99. Routes onto Employment and Support Allowance (RR774)

    • 1 September 2011
    • Research and analysis

100. Jobseekers Regime and Flexible New Deal Evaluation (RR767)

     • 1 September 2011
     • Research and analysis

101. Employers’ recruitment behaviour and decisions (RR754)

     • 1 September 2011
     • Research and analysis

102. Jobcentre Plus customer survey 2011(RR775)

     • 1 August 2011
     • Research and analysis

103. Breaking the low-pay, no-pay cycle (RR765)

     • 1 August 2011
     • Research and analysis

104. Jobseeker’s Allowance provision for the 50+ (RR766)

     • 1 August 2011
     • Research and analysis

105. The Jobseeker’s Allowance Skills Conditionality Pilot (RR768)

     • 1 August 2011
     • Research and analysis

106. Employment Retention and Advancement demonstration (RR759)

     • 1 August 2011
     • Research and analysis

107. Six Month Offer Evaluation (RR769)

     • 1 August 2011
     • Research and analysis

108. Understanding the experiences of PDCS customers engaged with the formal complaints process (RR770)

     • 1 August 2011
     • Research and analysis

109. Health and well-being at work: a survey of employers (RR750)

     • 1 July 2011
     • Research and analysis

110. Workplace Pension Reforms Evaluation Strategy (RR764)

     • 1 July 2011
     • Research and analysis

111. Pension, Disability and Carers Service annual report of quarterly satisfaction monitor 2009/10 ( RR761)

     • 1 July 2011
     • Research and analysis

112. Health and well-being at work: a survey of employees (RR751)

     • 1 July 2011
     • Research and analysis

113. Unsuccessful Employment and Support Allowance claims (RR762)

     • 1 July 2011
     • Research and analysis

114. General Practitioners’ attitudes towards patients’ health and work (RR733)

     • 1 July 2011
     • Research and analysis

115. Right to Bid - Letter on Demand evaluation: in-house research no. 4

     • 22 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

116. Evaluation of ESF priorities 1 and 4: extending employment opportunities to adults and young people

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

117. Trial incapacity benefits reassessment (RR741)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

118. European Social Fund evaluation of sustainable development and green jobs (RR756)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

119. Job Services Australia (RR752)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

120. Attitudes to health and work amongst the working-age population (RR763)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

121. The Capability of Jobcentre Plus advisers (RR748)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

122. Welfare to work commissioning – Wave Two provider survey (RR757)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

123. Workplace pension reforms (RR753)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

124. Access to work-related training (RR749)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

125. Flexible New Deal evaluation (RR758)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

126. Employment and Support Allowance (RR745)

     • 1 June 2011
     • Research and analysis

127. Early impacts of the European Social Fund 2007 to 2013

     • 19 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

128. Customer experience of the Future Jobs Fund: in-house research no. 1

     • 12 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

129. Evaluation of the Jobcentre Plus Intensive Activity trial: in-house research no. 2

     • 9 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

130. Predictors of attitudes to age across Europe (RR735)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

131. Child material deprivation (RR746)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

132. Lone Parent Obligations: supporting the journey into work (RR736)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

133. Study of School Gates Employment Support Initiative (RR747)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

134. Aspirations for later life (RR737)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

135. New Deal Plus for Lone Parents and In Work Credit: Phase 1 report (RR731)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

136. Employer engagement and Jobcentre Plus (RR742)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

137. Evidence review of smartcard schemes in local authorities (RR738)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

138. New Deal Plus for Lone Parents and In Work Credit: Final report (RR732)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

139. Employment and skills system (RR743)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

140. Developing a clearer understanding of the Carer’s Allowance claimant group (RR739)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

141. London City Strategy ESOL Pilot (RR744)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

142. Developing an online service - Jobseeker’s Allowance (RR734)

     • 1 May 2011
     • Research and analysis

143. Families and work: Revisiting barriers to employment (RR729)

     • 1 April 2011
     • Research and analysis

144. Job Search Study: Literature review and analysis of the Labour Force Survey (RR726)

     • 15 March 2011
     • Research and analysis

145. The use of vesting rules and default options in occupational pension schemes (RR725)

     • 1 March 2011
     • Research and analysis

146. Child Poverty Unit Child Poverty Pilots (RR730)

     • 1 March 2011
     • Research and analysis

147. Employment Retention and Advancement demonstration (RR727)

     • 1 March 2011
     • Research and analysis

148. An evaluation of the sanction of Housing Benefit (RR728)

     • 1 March 2011
     • Research and analysis

149. Customers’ experiences of contact with the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (RR722)

     • 1 February 2011
     • Research and analysis

150. Customer experiences and satisfaction with The Pensions Advisory Service (RR724)

     • 1 February 2011
     • Research and analysis

151. Evaluation of the 50+ Face-to-Face Guidance Pilot (RR720)

     • 1 January 2011
     • Research and analysis

152. Provider-led Pathways to Work: the experiences of new and repeat customers in phase one areas (RR723)

     • 1 January 2011
     • Research and analysis

153. Using Jobcentre Plus services: Qualitative evidence from ethnic minority customers (RR717)

     • 1 December 2010
     • Research and analysis

154. ‘Exempt’ and supported accommodation (RR714)

     • 1 December 2010
     • Research and analysis

155. Alcohol misusers’ experiences of employment and the benefit system (RR718)

     • 1 December 2010
     • Research and analysis

156. Investigating the Prisoner Finance Gap across four prisons in the North East (RR715)

     • 1 December 2010
     • Research and analysis

157. Employment and Support Allowance (RR719)

     • 1 December 2010
     • Research and analysis

158. Voice Risk Analysis Pilots: Perspectives from staff, claimants and potential claimants (RR716)

     • 1 December 2010
     • Research and analysis

159. Employment and Support Allowance: Findings from a face-to-face survey ofcustomers (RR707)

     • 1 November 2010
     • Research and analysis

160. Qualitative evaluation of the In Work Retention Pilot (RR708)

     • 1 November 2010
     • Research and analysis

161. Updating the costs of Housing and Council Tax Benefit administration (RR705)

     • 1 November 2010
     • Research and analysis

162. European Social Fund cohort study wave 2 (RR709)

     • 1 November 2010
     • Research and analysis

163. Lone Parent Obligations: destinations of lone parents after Income Supporteligibility ends (RR710)

     • 1 November 2010
     • Research and analysis

164. Supporting lone parents’ journey off benefits and into work: a qualitative evaluation of the role of In Work Credit (RR712)

     • 1 November 2010
     • Research and analysis

165. Local delivery of joined-up services for older people (RR713)

     • 1 November 2010
     • Research and analysis

166. Jobseekers Regime and Flexible New Deal Evaluation: Stage 2 and Stage 3 Customer Surveys (RR694)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

167. The feasibility of constructing a race equality index (RR695)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

168. Jobseekers Regime and Flexible New Deal Evaluation (RR706)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

169. Communicating with customers of retirement age (RR703)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

170. Evaluation of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) workplace visits (RR696)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

171. The Commissioning Strategy: Provider survey on early implementation (RR704)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

172. Evaluation of the Six Month Offer: A report on quantitative research findings (RR699)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

173. Jobcentre Plus Equality Legislative Requirements Review (RR700)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

174. How best to present State Pension information and support retirement planning (RR690)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

175. Attitudes to pensions: The 2009 survey (RR701)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

176. Support for Newly Unemployed and Six Month Offer evaluations (RR691)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

177. Communicating with customers approaching retirement (RR702)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

178. The Pension Tracing Service: A quantitative research study to establish who is using the service, and their outcomes (RR697)

     • 1 October 2010
     • Research and analysis

179. Ethnic minority customers of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service:An evidence synthesis (RR684)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

180. Measuring the satisfaction of partners and stakeholders on behalf of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (RR692)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

181. Organisations’ responses to the Disability Discrimination Act - 2009 study (RR685)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

182. Partnerships with local authorities and health agencies (RR693)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

183. A qualitative overview of vacancy filling services for employers: Target setting and performance management (RR686)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

184. Employers’ Pension Provision Survey 2009 (RR687)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

185. Low income working households in the private rented sector (RR698)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

186. Tenants’ and advisers’ early experiences of the Local Housing Allowancenational rollout (RR688)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

187. European Social Fund Cohort Study: Wave 3 (RR771)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

188. Private landlords and the Local Housing Allowance system of Housing Benefit (RR689)

     • 1 September 2010
     • Research and analysis

189. Administration of the Local Housing Allowance: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 20 (RR671)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

190. Class 3A voluntary National Insurance contributions: results from an online survey

     • 20 March 2014
     • Research and analysis

191. Exploring staff perceptions of Jobcentre Plus downturn measures (RR668)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

192. Feasibility study for the future Jobcentre Plus Customer Satisfaction Survey (RR681)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

193. Employers’ attitudes and likely reactions to the workplace pension reforms 2009 (RR683)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

194. Work-focused services in children’s centres pilot: Interim Report (RR677)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

195. Governance structures and the devolved delivery of employment outcomes (RR678)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

196. Literature review to inform the future digitisation of Jobcentre Plus service delivery (RR679)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

197. Training and progression in the labour market (RR680)

     • 1 August 2010
     • Research and analysis

198. Attitudes to increasing the proportion of member-nominated trustees: a qualitative study (RR670)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

199. The impact of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Findings from exploratory qualitative research (RR649)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

200. Evaluation of the Off-Flows Potentially to Employment pilots (Waves One and Two) (RR660)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

201. Pathways to Work: programme engagement and work patterns (RR653)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

202. Postcode selection? Employers' use of area and address-based informationshortcuts in recruitment decisions (RR664)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

203. Second survey of employers’ policies, practices and preferences relating to age, 2010 (RR682)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

204. Provider-led Pathways: experiences and views of implementation in phase 2 districts (RR643)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

205. Jobcentre Plus Jobseeker's Allowance off-flow rates: Key ManagementIndicator Post-Implementation Review (RR661)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

206. Understanding the needs of people with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities and the implications for the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (RR654)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

207. Accessing Jobcentre Plus Customer Services: a qualitative study (RR651)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

208. Provider-led Pathways: experiences and views of Condition Management Programmes (RR644)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

209. Pathways to retirement: The influence of employer policy and practice onretirement decisions (RR673)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

210. European Social Fund - Support for In-Work Training research (RR666)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

211. Off-Flows Potentially to Employment destination report (RR658)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

212. Families with children in Britain: Findings from the 2008 Families and Children Study (FACS) (RR656)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

213. Evaluation of Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities within the European Social Fund (RR667)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

214. National 2009 Jobcentre Plus Customer Satisfaction Research (RR 657)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

215. European Social Fund Cohort Study: Wave 1 (RR647)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

216. Individuals’ attitudes and likely reactions to the workplace pension reforms 2009 (RR669)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

217. Disability Living Allowance and work: Exploratory research and evidence review (RR648)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

218. Exploratory qualitative research on the ‘single working age benefit’ (RR659)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

219. A comparative review of international approaches to mandatory retirement (RR674)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

220. Review of the Default Retirement Age: Summary of the stakeholder evidence (RR675)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

221. Default Retirement Age: Employer qualitative research (RR672)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

222. What does the distribution of wealth tell us about future retirement resources (RR665)?

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

223. Preparing for pension reform: The information needs of small and micro employers at auto-enrolment (RR676)

     • 1 July 2010
     • Research and analysis

224. Consultation on workplace pension reforms: Qualitative research with small and medium-sized companies (RR652)

     • 1 June 2010
     • Research and analysis

225. Review of international pension reform (RR663)

     • 1 June 2010
     • Research and analysis

226. The operation of choice in Multiple Provider Employment Zones (RR650)

     • 1 June 2010
     • Research and analysis

227. Problem drug users experiences of employment and the benefit system (RR640)

     • 1 June 2010
     • Research and analysis

228. Likely treatment of different types of worker under the workplace pension reforms: Qualitative research with employers (RR662)

     • 1 June 2010
     • Research and analysis

229. Development of a customer experience metric for contracted employment provision (RR655)

     • 1 June 2010
     • Research and analysis

230. Delivering information on pensions: The role of intermediaries (RR642)

     • 1 March 2010
     • Research and analysis

231. Family values – parents’ views on necessities for families with children (RR641)

     • 1 March 2010
     • Research and analysis

232. Lone Parent Obligations: early findings of implementation as well as experiences of the Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance regimes (RR645)

     • 1 March 2010
     • Research and analysis

233. An evaluation of European Social Fund information and publicity (RR646)

     • 1 March 2010
     • Research and analysis

234. Efficiency Work Programme, rooms for carers, and temporary accommodation: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 21 (RR721)

     • 1 January 2010
     • Research and analysis

235. Support for Mortgage Interest (RR740)

     • 1 January 2009
     • Research and analysis

Document information

Published: 10 October 2013

Updated: 4 April 2017

+ full page history

1. 4 April 2017 Added 'Drug and alcohol dependency: employment support' and 'Drug and alcohol addiction, and obesity: effects on employment outcomes: claimants' views'.
2. 2 February 2017 Added the following research reports to 2017: Sector-based work academies and work experience trials for older claimants: combined quantitative and qualitative findings (RR938), Older workers and the workplace: evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey (RR939) and Employer experiences of recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers: qualitative research (RR940).
3. 20 January 2017 Added 'Independent Living Fund: post-closure review' (RR934).
4. 19 January 2017 Added 'Local authority insight research: wave 32' (RR936).
5. 17 January 2017 Added 'DWP claimant service and experience survey 2015 to 2016' (RR943).
6. 16 December 2016 Added 'Child Support Agency case closure outcomes survey' and 'Child Maintenance Service Direct Pay clients survey' to the collection.
7. 9 December 2016 Added 'Evaluation of Jobcentre Plus Support for Schools programme: Pathfinder evaluation' (RR932).
8. 29 September 2016 Added 'The banking needs of Universal Credit claimants: the potential role of budgeting accounts'.
9. 26 September 2016 Added 'Help and support for separated families innovation fund evaluation'.
10. 4 August 2016 Added two new reports: 'Intensive Activity Programme trial evaluation' (RR925) and 'Supervised Jobsearch Pilots trial evaluation' (RR928).
11. 6 July 2016 Added the following reports: 'Qualitative evaluation of the DWP Innovation Fund: final report (RR922)', 'Growing the social investment market: update on SIFI social investment (RR923)' and 'Evaluation of the prepaid card live test report' (RR926).
12. 26 May 2016 Added 'Discretionary Housing Payments, temporary accommodation and Universal Support delivered locally: local authority insight survey wave 31'.
13. 16 May 2016 Added 'ESF 2007 to 2013: evaluation of the second half of the programme'.
14. 23 March 2016 Added 'Sector-based work academies: a quantitative impact assessment' and 'Work experience: a quantitative impact assessment'.
15. 7 March 2016 Added 'Employers' pension provision survey 2015'.
16. 10 February 2016 Added 'DWP claimant service and experience survey'.
17. 28 January 2016 Added 'European Social Fund (ESF) support for families with multiple problems evaluation' and 'New Enterprise Allowance survey' to the collection.
18. 26 January 2016 Added report about the in-work progression advice trial evaluation.
19. 17 December 2015 Added 'Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy evaluation: final report' and 'Pension charges survey 2015: charges in defined contribution pension schemes'.
20. 26 November 2015 Added evaluation of the plans for the 2014 to 2020 European Social Fund (ESF) Programme in England (RR910).
21. 29 October 2015 Added research report RR908 'Attitudes and behaviours of self-employed child maintenance clients and barriers to paying child maintenance'.
22. 20 October 2015 Published research report 'Review of the Merlin Standard'.
23. 22 September 2015 Added 2 new reports: 'Group Work’ psychological wellbeing and work feasibility pilot evaluation and 'Telephone Support’ psychological wellbeing and work feasibility pilot evaluation.
24. 25 June 2015 Published research reports on: 'Fit for Work: evaluation of the 2010 to 2013 pilots final report', 'Child poverty: exploring the routes into and out of poverty', 'Health and wellbeing at work: survey of employees' and 'Understanding the journeys from work to Employment and Support Allowance'.
25. 5 January 2015 Published 'Automatic enrolment: qualitative research with employers staging in 2014' report.
26. 18 December 2014 Published evaluation reports about the Direct Payment Demonstration Projects and the Work Programme.
27. 15 December 2014 Published benefit cap evaluation reports.
28. 27 November 2014 Published evaluation of the Day One Support for Young People trailblazer.
29. 24 November 2014 Published automatic enrolment evaluation report 2014.
30. 24 October 2014 Published qualitative research about the development of the new State Pension.
31. 22 October 2014 Published Universal Credit Pathfinder Evaluation
32. 16 October 2014 Added DWP claimant service and experience survey 2013 (RR884)
33. 10 October 2014 Published new research report about exploring future GP referrals to Fit for Work (RR883).
34. 22 July 2014 Published research about the early evaluation of the Personal Independence Payment new claims process, household finances of Carers Allowance recipients and Direct Payment Demonstration Projects.
35. 17 July 2014 Published research reports: 'Small employer recruitment practices' and 'DWP employer engagement and experience survey 2013'.
36. 16 July 2014 Published employers' pension provision survey 2013.
37. 15 July 2014 Published research reports: "Local authority insight survey: wave 25", "Local Housing Allowance: monitoring the impact of changes" and "Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy: interim report".
38. 26 June 2014 Added 2 research repoprts to the collection: 'Making decisions about work in low-income couple households' and 'Provision of survivors’ benefits in occupational pension schemes'.
39. 26 June 2014 Added new research report: "Defined Ambition pensions: consumer perspectives".
40. 20 March 2014 New research report added: Additional Voluntary National Insurance Contributions at State Pension age: results from an online survey
41. 13 March 2014 Added new research report: Sorting out separation web app – evaluation of effectiveness.
42. 12 March 2014 New report: Automatic enrolment: experiences of workers who have opted out - a qualitative research study added
43. 25 February 2014 Published reports: 'Youth Contract: customers' experiences' and 'Youth Contract wage incentive: wave 2 research'.
44. 18 February 2014 Published new research report about defined contribution pension schemes: landscape and charges survey 2013.
45. 9 January 2014 New Research Report 'Study into average civil compensation in mesothelioma cases' added
46. 20 December 2013 New report added: Additional voluntary National Insurance contributions at State Pension age
47. 11 December 2013 Research report 726 March 2011 added to list of publications
48. 6 December 2013 Added the DWP report: Telephonic support to facilitate return to work: what works, how and when? (RR853)
49. 28 November 2013 Added research report 'Universal Credit pathfinder evaluation: interim results from the Universal Credit claimant survey, wave 1'.
50. 28 November 2013 Added research reports - 852 - The Jobcentre Plus Offer: final evaluation report and 854 - Automatic Enrolment evaluation report 2013.
51. 8 November 2013 New research, Public perceptions of the removal of the spare room subsidy, added
52. 31 October 2013 New reseach document, Automatic enrolment: Qualitative research with large employers, added to page.
53. 10 October 2013 First published.

From: Department for Work and Pensions