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  • Access to Work research review

    This research updates the evidence on Access to Work, a government programme aimed at supporting disabled people to take up or remain in work.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP research reports
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Evaluation of the Creative Careers Programme: Final report

    The Creative Careers Programme provides young people, careers advisers, and schools across England with guidance about pursuing a career in the creative industries.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Creative Industries Sector Plan: research and evaluation
    • Organisation: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
    • Updated:
  • Understanding pay discrimination in the UK

    Research which aims to understand the problem of pay discrimination from the perspective of those being discriminated against, and explore potential solutions.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Equal pay and pay discrimination: consultation and research reports
    • Organisation: Office for Equality and Opportunity
    • Updated:

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Understanding the gender pay gap in the UK

    A report which examines the gender pay gap in the UK between 2009 and 2023 using data from the Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS).

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Equal pay and pay discrimination: consultation and research reports
    • Organisation: Office for Equality and Opportunity
    • Updated:

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Young people and work: interim report

    The young people and work report is an independent review of the increase in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • STEP Ukraine programme: process, impact and economic evaluations

    Evaluation of the STEP Ukraine programme, assessing impact on English skills, employment and value for money.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
    • Updated:
  • Low income poverty projections for children, FYE 2026 to FYE 2031, July 2026

    Provides the government’s current best estimate of the future low income poverty trends for children based on the policy position and economic assumptions after Spring Statement 2026.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP management information and ad hoc analyses and 1 others
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Individuals Customer Experience and Perceptions Survey 2025

    This report describes the main findings from the department's 2025 Individuals Customer Experience and Perceptions Survey.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: HMRC customer surveys
    • Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
    • Updated:
  • Effectiveness assessment including statistical analysis of the Universal Credit advances machine learning model: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

    The assessment includes ad-hoc statistics on the impact of the Universal Credit (UC) advances machine learning model on groups with protected characteristics.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Universal Credit Advances Machine Learning Model Effectiveness Assessment
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty - Monitoring and Evaluation baseline report

    First annual monitoring and evaluation report of the ‘Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty’ UK-wide Child Poverty Strategy 2025.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Child Poverty Strategy
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Local Implementation and Evaluation of Work and Health Active Labour Market Programmes

    This report provides insights for local government on what enables the effective, design, delivery and evaluation of health and work programmes.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP research reports
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Skills England annual skills report and Sectoral Skills Needs Assessments 2026

    The 2026 annual skills report highlights key challenges in the skills system. Our Skills Needs Assessments outline skills demand and supply in priority sectors.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Evaluation of Additional Work Coach Support

    Findings from a mixed-methods study on the customer experience and impacts of extra Jobcentre Plus support for disabled people and those with health conditions.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP research reports
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • School and college voice: omnibus surveys for 2025 to 2026

    Findings from regular surveys of school and college teachers and leaders.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Omnibus surveys
    • Organisation: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) Programme Evaluation

    This report provides findings from a mixed-method evaluation of the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, incorporating a quantitative and qualitative strand.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP research reports
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) Evaluation report

    This report presents findings from an independent evaluation of the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme, incorporating a qualitative and quantitative strand.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP research reports
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Get Britain Working Trailblazers: Theories of Change and System Mapping

    This report sets out the first phase evaluation of the Get Britain Working Trailblazer programme, which involved developing Theory of Change models and system maps to describe how Trailblazer areas intend to address the aims…

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP research reports
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • The Universal Credit Survey 2025

    A report exploring Universal Credit (UC) customers’ knowledge, understanding, attitudes and barriers to work, and how their understanding of UC incentives shapes their views on working and progression.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: DWP research reports
    • Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
    • Updated:
  • Welfare trends report – June 2026

    This year’s Welfare trends report (WTR) examines the drivers of recent trends in welfare fraud and error.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Organisation: Office for Budget Responsibility
    • Updated:
  • Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum - papers

    Work, outputs, and evidence produced by the members of the Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Watch this space: a new strategic direction for UK media
    • Organisation: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
    • Updated: