Research summaries 2009-2010
- No. 719 Employment and Support Allowance: customer and staff experiences of the face-to-face Work Capability Assessment and Work-Focused Health-Related Assessment
(130KB)
- No. 718 Alcohol misusers’ experiences of employment and the benefit system (133KB)
- No. 717 Using Jobcentre Plus services: Qualitative evidence from ethnic minority customers (123KB)
- No. 716 Voice Risk Analysis Pilots: Perspectives from staff, claimants and potential claimants (115KB)
- No. 715 Investigating the Prisoner Finance Gap across four prisons in the North East (168KB)
- No. 714 ‘Exempt’ and supported accommodation (161KB)
- No. 713 Local delivery of joined-up services for older people (126KB)
- No. 712 Supporting lone parents’ journey off benefits and into work: a qualitative evaluation of the role of In Work Credit (123KB)
- No. 711 An evaluation of the January 2009 arrangements for Support for Mortgage Interest (118KB)
- No. 710 Lone Parent Obligations: destinations of lone parents after Income Support eligibility ends (228KB)
- No. 709 European Social Fund Cohort Study: Wave 2 (317KB)
- No. 708 Can altering the structure of financial support payments aid work retention amongst lone parents?: Qualitative evaluation of the In Work Retention Pilot (110KB)
- No. 707 Employment and Support Allowance: Findings from a face-to-face survey of customers (121KB)
- No. 706 Jobseekers Regime and Flexible New Deal Evaluation: A report on qualitative research findings (101KB)
- No. 705 Updating the costs of Housing and Council Tax Benefit administration (210KB)
- No. 704 The Commissioning Strategy: Provider survey on early implementation (113KB)
- No. 703 Communicating with customers of retirement age (101KB)
- No. 702 Communicating with customers approaching retirement (392KB)
- No. 701 Attitudes to Pensions: the 2009 survey (116KB)
- No. 700 Jobcentre Plus Equality Legislative Requirements Review (462KB)
- No. 699 Evaluation of the Six Month Offer: A report on quantitative research findings (110KB)
- No. 698 Low income working households in the private rented sector (93KB)
- No. 697 The Pension Tracing Service: A quantitative research study to establish who is using the service, and their outcomes (110KB)
- No. 696 Evaluation of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) workplace visits (106KB)
- No. 695 The feasibility of constructing a race equality index (97KB)
- No. 694 Jobseekers Regime and Flexible New Deal Evaluation: Stage 2 and Stage 3 Customer Surveys (107KB)
- No. 693 Partnerships with local authorities and health agencies (142KB)
- No. 692 Measuring the satisfaction of partners and stakeholders on behalf of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (143KB)
- No. 691 Support for Newly Unemployed and Six Month Offer evaluations: A report on qualitative research findings (107KB)
- No. 690 How best to present State Pension information and support retirement planning (116KB)
- No. 689 Private landlords and the Local Housing Allowance system of Housing Benefit (98KB)
- No. 688 Tenants’ and advisers’ early experiences of the Local Housing Allowance national rollout (96KB)
- No. 687 Employers’ Pension Provision Survey 2009 (107KB)
- No. 686 A qualitative overview of vacancy filling services for employers: Target setting and performance management (103KB)
- No. 685 Organisations’ responses to the Disability Discrimination Act - 2009 study (175KB)
- No. 684 Ethnic minority customers of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service: an evidence synthesis (180KB)
- No. 683 Employers’ attitudes and likely reactions to the workplace pension reforms 2009: Report of a quantitative survey (119KB)
- No. 681 Feasibility study for the future Jobcentre Plus Customer Satisfaction Survey (118KB)
- No. 680 Training and progression in the labour market (123KB)
- No. 679 Literature review to inform the future digitisation of Jobcentre Plus service delivery (148KB)
- No. 678 Governance structures and the devolved delivery of employment outcomes (123KB)
- No. 677 Work-focused services in children’s centres:Interim report (104KB)
- No. 676 Preparing for pension reform: The information needs of small and micro employers at auto-enrolment (108KB)
- No. 675 Review of the Default Retirement Age: Summary of the stakeholder evidence (119KB)
- No. 674 A comparative review of international approaches to mandatory retirement (144KB)
- No. 673 Pathways to retirement: The influence of employer policy and practice on retirement decisions (143KB)
- No. 672 Default Retirement Age: Employer qualitative research (136KB)
- No. 671 Local Authority Omnibus Survey – Wave 20 (165KB)
- No. 670 Attitudes to increasing the proportion of member-nominated trustees: a qualitative study (140KB)
- No. 669 Individuals’ attitudes and likely reactions to the workplace pension reforms 2009 (125KB)
- No. 668 Exploring staff perceptions of Jobcentre Plus downturn measures (134KB)
- No. 667 Evaluation of Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities within the European Social Fund (159KB)
- No. 666 European Social Fund - Support for In-Work Training research (126KB)
- No. 665 What does the distribution of wealth tell us about future retirement resources? (139KB)
- No. 664 Postcode selection? Employers' use of area- and address-based information shortcuts in recruitment decisions (197KB)
- No. 663 Review of international pension reform (135KB)
- No. 662 Likely treatment of different types of worker under the workplace pension reforms: Qualitative research with employers (128KB)
- No. 661 Jobcentre Plus Jobseeker's Allowance off-flow rates: Key Management Indicator Post-Implementation Review (103KB)
- No. 660 Evaluation of the Off-Flows Potentially to Employment pilots (Waves One and Two) (101KB)
- No. 659 Exploratory qualitative research on the ‘single working age benefit’ (180KB)
- No. 658 Off-Flows Potentially to Employment destination report (173KB)
- No. 657 2009 Jobcentre Plus Customer Satisfaction Research (111KB)
- No. 656 Families with children in Britain: Findings from the 2008 Families and Children Study (FACS) (177KB)
- No. 655 Development of a customer experience metric for contracted employment provision (158KB)
- No. 654 Literature review: Understanding the needs of people with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities and the implications for the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (195KB)
- No. 653 Pathways to Work: programme engagement and work patterns - Findings from follow-up surveys of new and repeat and existing incapacity benefits customers in the Jobcentre Plus pilot and expansion areas (145KB)
- No. 652 Consultation on workplace pension reforms: Qualitative research with small and medium-sized companies (140KB)
- No. 651 Accessing Jobcentre Plus Customer Services: a qualitative study (126KB)
- No. 650 The operation of choice in Multiple Provider Employment Zones (107KB)
- No. 649 The impact of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Findings from exploratory qualitative research (167KB)
- No. 648 Disability Living Allowance and work: Exploratory research and evidence review (176KB)
- No. 647 European Social Fund Cohort Study: Wave 1 (99KB)
- No. 646 An evaluation of European Social Fund information and publicity (150KB)
- No. 645 Lone Parent Obligations: early findings of implementation as well
as experiences of the Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance regimes (172KB)
- No. 644 Provider-led Pathways: experiences and views of Condition Management Programmes (143KB)
- No. 643 Provider-led Pathways: experiences and views of implementation in phase 2 districts (137KB)
- No. 642 Delivering information on pensions: The role of intermediaries (114KB)
- No. 641 Family values – parents’ views on necessities for families with children (122KB)
- No. 640 Problem drug users' experiences of employment and the benefit system (182KB)
- No. 639 Evaluation of Phase 1 City Strategy (108KB)
- No. 638 The influence of outcome-based contracting on Provider-led Pathways to Work (132KB)
- No. 637 The better-off in Work Credit: Incentives and experiences (170KB)
- No. 635 Annual Employer Survey 2008-09:
Employers' satisfaction with DWP performance against Departmental Strategic Objective 7 (95KB)
- No. 634 An exploratory comparison of the interactions between advisers and younger and older clients during
Work Focused Interviews (135KB)
- No. 633 A study of language and communication between advisers and claimants in Work Focused Interviews (219KB)
- No. 632 Lone Parent Obligations: a review of recent evidence on the work-related requirements within the benefit systems of different countries (124KB)
- No. 631 Employment and Support Allowance:
Early implementation experiences
of customers and staff (138KB)
- No. 630 Charging levels and structures in
money-purchase pension schemes: Report of a quantitative survey (118KB)
- No. 629 Local Authority Omnibus Survey (Wave 19) (118KB)
- No. 628 Default options in Workplace Personal Pensions: report of a qualitative study (99KB)
- No. 627 Pathways to Work: The experiences
of new and repeat customers in Jobcentre Plus expansion areas (171KB)
- No. 626 Parents' work entry, progression and retention, and child poverty (170KB)
- No. 625 The Social Fund: Customer experiences and perspectives: Qualitative research with Jobcentre Plus customers (183KB)
- No. 624 Jobseekers Regime and Flexible New Deal, the Six Month Offer and Support for the Newly Unemployed evaluations: An early process study (111KB)
- No. 623 Employer attitudes to collective defined contribution pension schemes (167KB)
- No. 622 WORKSTEP customer surveys (136KB)
- No. 621 Evaluation of Access to Work: Ministerial Government Departments (139KB)
- No. 620 Evaluation of Access to Work: Individual Budget pilot strand (121KB)
- No. 619 Evaluation of Access to Work: Core evaluation (146KB)
- No. 618 Qualitative evaluation of integrated employment and skills trials: Implementation report (128KB)
- No. 617 Understanding small employers'likely responses to the 2012 workplace pension reforms: Report of a qualitative study (128KB)
- No. 616 International review of performance management systems in
Public Employment Services (128KB)
- No. 615 50+ Back to work evidence review and indicative guide for secondary data analysis (134KB)
- No. 614 Welfare to work in the United States: New York’s experience of the prime provider model (140KB)
- No. 613 Exploring the nature of unappointed face-to-face contacts in Jobcentre Plus offices (200KB)
- No. 612 A scoping study on the added value of a longitudinal survey of working age customers of Jobcentre Plus and the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (142KB)
- No. 611 Qualitative Evaluation of the Adult Learning Optionn (108KB)
- No. 610 Delivering better housing and employment outcomes for offenders on probation (117KB)
- No. 609 Ethnic minority customers’
experiences of claiming disability benefits (130KB)
- No. 608 Defined contribution pension provision (117KB)
- No. 607 A test for racial discrimination in recruitment practice in British cities (117KB)
- No. 605 Joint Pilots baseline research (170KB)
- No. 606 The lone parent pilots after 24 – 36 months: the final impact assessment of In-Work Credit, Work Search Premium, Extended Schools Childcare, Quarterly Work Focused Interviews and New Deal Plus for Lone Parents (134KB)
- No. 604 Pension, Disability and Carers Service partnerships research (111KB)
- No. 603 The economic basis for the regulation of pensions (135KB)
- No. 602 Work-focused services in children's centres pilot:evaluation baseline report (153KB)
- No. 601 The impact of Pathways to Work on work, earnings and self-reported health in the April 2006 expansion areas (119KB)
- No. 600 Evaluation of the Race Equality Procurement pilots (133KB)
- No. 599 Attitudes to age in Britain 2004-08 (160KB)
- No. 598 Evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM) (174KB)
- No. 597 Employment support for carers (176KB)
- No. 596 Regional European Social Fund Frameworks: A case study evaluation (153KB)
- No. 595 Provider-led Pathways: Experiences and views of early implementation
(135KB)
- No. 568 Summary report on the potential causes of lower overall satisfaction from non-white customers and customers with a long-term illness or disability
(135KB)
- No number - Caring and flexible working
(450KB)
- No.
594 Living with poverty A review of the literature on children’s and families’
experiences of poverty
(155KB)
- No.
593 People with mental health conditions and Pathways to Work
(151KB)
- No.
592 Pensions industry responses to the workplace pension reforms: Qualitative
research with pension providers and intermediaries
(221KB)
- No.
591 Current practices in the workplace personal pension market: Qualitative
research with pension providers and intermediaries
(225KB)
- No.
590 Local Authority Omnibus Survey – Wave 18
(209KB)
- No.
589 Partnership Insights
(201KB)
- No. 588 British Social Attitudes Survey (BSAS) – Attitudes towards the rights of disabled people: Findings from cognitive interviews
(201KB)
- No.
586 Pathways to Work: the experiences of longer term existing customers Findings from a survey of 4-7 year incapacity benefits customers in the first seven pilot areas
(224KB)
- No.
585 DLA claimants – a new assessment: The characteristics and aspirations
of the Incapacity Benefit claimants who receive Disability Living Allowance
(179KB)
- No.
584 Disability Living Allowance and Work Expectations Analysis of the
NDDP Eligible Population Survey
(213KB)
- No.
583 Disability and Carers Service Customer Service Survey 2008
(172KB)
- No.
582 A qualitative study of the customer views and experiences of the Condition
Management Programme in Jobcentre Plus Pathways to Work
(181KB)
- No.
581 Research on the Pensions Education Fund in 2008/09
(204KB)
- No.
580 Jobseekers Regime test site evaluation: Qualitative research
(219KB)
- No.
579 Older people’s attitudes to automatic awards of Pension Credit
(179KB)
- No.
578 Families and children in Britain: findings from the 2007 Families
and Children Study (FACS)
(224KB)
- No.
577 The living standards of families with children reporting low incomes
(412KB)
- No.
576 Ethnicity and child poverty
(220KB)
- Summary
of key findings from Individuals attitudes and behaviours around planning
and saving for later life
- No.
575 A qualitative study of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with Jobcentre Plus; an exploration of issues identified in the 2007 Customer Satisfaction Survey with a particular focus on those most likely to be dissatisfied
(140KB)
- No.
574 Cognitive testing: British Social Attitudes child poverty questions
(302KB)
- No.
573 The business case for LinkAge Plus
(223KB)
- No.
572 LinkAge Plus national evaluation: End of project report
(204KB)
- No.
571 LinkAge Plus: Capacity building – enabling and empowering older people
as independent and active citizens
(244KB)
- No.
570 Understanding why some employees don't participate in employer pension
schemes
(219KB)
- No.
569 The impact of financial incentives in welfare systems on family structure
(180KB)
- No.
568 Summary report on the potential causes of lower overall satisfaction
from non-white customers and customers with a long-term illness or disability
(115KB)
- No.
567 Explaining levels of customer satisfaction with first contact with
Jobcentre Plus: results of qualitative research with Jobcentre Plus staff
(272KB)
- No.
566 Exploring a Distance Travelled approach to WORKSTEP development planning
(293KB)
- No.
565 Attitudes towards investment choice and risk within the personal accounts
scheme: Report of a qualitative study
(199KB)
- No.
564 Differential pricing in contracted out employment programmes: Review
of international evidence
(186KB)
- No.
563 Money's Worth of Pension Annuities
(142KB)
- No.
561 Spending priorities in the benefits system: Deliberative research
with the public
(152KB)
- No.
560 Making decisions about work in one-earner couple households
(267KB)
- No.
559 Spending priorities in the benefits system: Deliberative research
with the public
(195KB)
- No.
557 Extending working life: changing the culture – qualitative research
into effective messages
(215KB)
- No.
556 Local Authority Omnibus Survey – Wave 17
(209KB)
- No.
555 Pathways to Work from incapacity benefits: A study of referral practices
and liaison between Jobcentre Plus advisers and service providers
(244KB)
- No.
554 LinkAge Plus: Benefits for older people
(173KB)
- No.
553 Qualitative evaluation of the Jobseeker Mandatory Activity (JMA)
(183KB)
- No.
549 In-work poverty: a systematic review
(184KB)
- No.
544 Reporting changes in circumstances: factors affecting the behaviours
of benefit claimants
(263KB)
- No.
542 Review of international evidence on the cost of disability
(106KB)
