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The research explored how workers manage their health and wellbeing at work.
DWP research report no. 1117 A report of research carried out by IFF…
This report reviews evidence on how changes in family income affect children’s school readiness, health, and economic outcomes.
DWP research report no. 1113 A report of research carried out by Verian on…
This research aimed to understand how families living in poverty manage essential costs (including utilities, housing, food, health and school related costs), and the support available to help them with financial challenges.…
A report by Verian November 2025 DWP research report no. 1097 A report of…
The research provides feedback from DWP staff and claimants on the value of the Jobcentre Plus Midlife MOT and identifies suggestions for delivery improvements.
This literature review reports on the available published evidence on menopause in the workplace with regard to individual experience, employer support, and the associated cost to the UK economy
Understanding the Move to Universal Credit customer journey for DWP legacy benefit customers and factors that influenced their decision to make a Universal Credit claim or not
This research explores Child Maintenance Service (CMS) customer perceptions of their Direct Pay arrangements and views on potential reforms to the Direct Pay service.
This report summarises the impact and effectiveness of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans on recipients’ circumstances.
This report details the findings of an in-depth qualitative research study with Personal Independence Payment applicants to understand the additional support needs of customers.
This report summarises findings on public perceptions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
This report details the findings of an evaluation of the 2022 fit note reforms.
This report presents an impact assessment and accompanying cost-benefit analysis of the Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP), a long running programme which was expanded in 2020.
This report summarises evaluation findings from an evaluation of the 2022 to 2025 Reducing Parental Conflict programme (RPC) Local Grant, based on research conducted from March 2023 to August 2024.
This report provides results from an impact analysis of the European Social Fund 2014-2020 programme in England.
This test and learn exercise explored a new way of using data to identify people entitled to but not receiving Pension Credit.
This report presents findings from the evaluation of the Youth Offer of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 16 to 24 year-old Universal Credit customers.
This research explores consumer engagement and ways to increase public engagement with private pensions in the UK.
This report presents an impact assessment and accompanying cost-benefit analysis of the Kickstart scheme, which ran from September 2020 to March 2022.
This analysis was carried out to understand problems ESA claimants face, which may help the provision of support to help with employment.
This report details the findings of research into the experiences of Personal Independence Payment applicants who received zero points at health assessment.
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