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DWP's Areas of Research Interest set out priority evidence gaps to inform engagement and collaboration with the external research community.
Management Information relating to the Health Transformation Programme.
This report contains findings from a large-scale survey and qualitative interviews with people who owe overpaid benefits to the Department for Work and Pensions.
This report summarises findings on public perceptions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
An independent evaluation of several initiatives introduced to improve the move on process, focusing on implementation, early impacts, and value for money.
A report considering the perceptions of both the current and hypothetical changes to statutory child maintenance payments.
The quarterly survey looks at the financial health of landlords. This latest report covers 1 January to 31 March 2026.
Our annual Forecast evaluation report (FER) examines how our forecasts compare to subsequent outturn data and identifies lessons for future forecasts.
Findings from analysis of the 2025 Rough Sleeping Questionnaire.
This report contains the findings from qualitative research on the Restart Scheme contract extension.
Management information to understand how far rough sleeping is prevented wherever possible, and where it does occur, if it is rare, brief, and non-recurring.
The key aim of this research is to better understand how Move customers manage their Universal Credit (UC) claim and to gather insights into the customer experience of claiming UC compared to legacy benefits.
This report is a synthesis of evaluation findings from 3 policies aimed at DWP claimants aged 50 plus
Quantitative research with the general public and the Department for Work and Pensions’ customers (fieldwork October to November 2025)
This report provides insights on Universal Credit claimants with one or more of the following experiences: care experience, ex-offender, homelessness and substance dependency.
This report presents the emerging findings from the evaluation of the 15 WorkWell programme pilots, from October 2024 to March 2025
Interim findings from the evaluation of the Warm Home Discount scheme.
Management information on SWAPs starts and employment outcomes since April 2021.
This report looks at how the social security system interacts with the decision to remain in full-time education or pursue an alternative pathway post-age 16.
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