This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.Fraud and error is incorrect payment caused by us holding incorrect information about a claimant’s circumstances. To what extent is this caused by non-compliant behaviour on the part of the claimant, whether intentional or not? What drives non-compliant behaviour and what levers might be successful in discouraging and reducing it?This encompasses priorities around: - continuing to reduce and prevent fraud and error in benefit expenditure to deliver value for money for the taxpayer and an appropriate balance between effective fraud prevention and good customer experience - becoming an increasingly data driven organisation with modern, secure, sustainable, and automated systems to drive better experiences for DWP customers, staff and taxpayers - understanding customers’ experience so DWP can target interventions when and where they have the most impact - working smartly and flexibly to deliver services when, where and how DWP customers need them, increasing analytical capability to tailor services to customers’ individual needs and circumstancesContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.

Fraud and error is incorrect payment caused by us holding incorrect information about a claimant’s circumstances. To what extent is this caused by non-compliant behaviour on the part of the claimant, whether intentional or not? What drives non-compliant behaviour and what levers might be successful in discouraging and reducing it?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.What factors drive consumer engagement in private and workplace pensions? To what extent does engagement lead to positive outcomes or desired behavioural responses?This encompasses priorities around: - reducing the percentage of pensioners in absolute low income after housing costs - Increasing the total number of people automatically enrolled in workplace pensions and building retirement savings - continuing to explore how to make it easier for self-employed people to save for retirementContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX000362%2F1">Dynamics in private pension saving across the income distribution</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN011872%2F1">The adequacy and optimality of retirement provision: household behaviour and the design of pensions</a></li></ul>

What factors drive consumer engagement in private and workplace pensions? To what extent does engagement lead to positive outcomes or desired behavioural responses?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.What are the different ways to define and measure labour market progression and sustainable work? How does this vary by life stage and group? What are the implications for targeted policy measures in terms of health, employment and wellbeing outcomes?This encompasses priorities around: - supporting the economy and ensuring the UK’s long-term prosperity by delivering the Plan for Jobs - ensuring that it pays to work, and supporting in-work progression - supporting those facing barriers to work to reach their potential in the labour market via Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs), In-Work Progression, support for older Jobseekers and the Youth OfferContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX007987%2F1">Skills and Employment Survey 2023: Continuity and Change</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW005271%2F1">Job Quality in the 21st Century</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW009536%2F1">The Transitions of Young Workers in the UK Labour Market: Consequences for Careers, Earnings, Health and Wellbeing.</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP005292%2F1">Skills and Employment Survey 2017</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS008470%2F2">Mapping the Quality of Working Life in Britain: An Occupational Approach</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL002825%2F1">The impact of extending paid work later in life on health and wellbeing: Using the past to guide the future</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN003586%2F1">Work, Learning and Wellbeing</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX000184%2F1">A sociological investigation of underemployment and the lived experiences of underemployed workers</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN019261%2F1">Tackling health inequalities and extending working lives (THRIVE)</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP000487%2F1">Impact of interventions and policies on prolonging working life in good health: an international study</a></li></ul>

What are the different ways to define and measure labour market progression and sustainable work? How does this vary by life stage and group? What are the implications for targeted policy measures in terms of health, employment and wellbeing outcomes?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.What are the causes/drivers of the ethnic minority employment gap? What are the barriers to entry and progression in the labour market for ethnic minorities?This encompasses priorities around: - supporting the economy and ensuring the UK’s long-term prosperity by delivering the Plan for Jobs - ensuring that it pays to work, and supporting in-work progression - supporting those facing barriers to work to reach their potential in the labour market via Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs), In-Work Progression, support for older Jobseekers and the Youth OfferContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY002563%2F1">Economic opportunities across racial and ethnic groups in the United Kingdom</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY001001%2F1">Exploring the nexus between immigration, integration and labour market outcomes</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV013475%2F1">Exploring Racial and Ethnic Inequality in a time of Crisis</a></li></ul>

What are the causes/drivers of the ethnic minority employment gap? What are the barriers to entry and progression in the labour market for ethnic minorities?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.What types and combinations of support, incentives and conditionality are most effective at enabling and encouraging people in work and in receipt of Universal Credit to increase their hours and earnings to progress in work?This encompasses priorities around: - promoting financial resilience and reducing poverty, including by harnessing the full set of levers available through the Department and its public bodies, other government departments and Local and Combined Authorities - supporting people to help meet the cost of living and work across government to support the formulation and delivery of effective housing policies, particularly with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) - delivering financial security for low-income working adults, and for children in low-income householdsContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ003581%2F1">Encouraging the unemployed into sustained work: experimental evidence from the UK and the US</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV004093%2F1">Universal Credit and Employers: exploring the demand side of UK active labour market policy</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV003704%2F1">Welfare integration, labour supply and take-up</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX000184%2F1">A sociological investigation of underemployment and the lived experiences of underemployed workers</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS01134X%2F1">Conditionality, activation, and welfare-to-work: street-level perspectives on policy and practice</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL002086%2F1">Identifying sustainable pathways out of in-work poverty</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL000423%2F1">Work-life balance in the recession and beyond</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=84712">Getting Britain back to work Post COVID - Expanding the Grand Challenges</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FL006367%2F1">MICA: Supporting Older People into Employment (SOPIE): Identifying factors influencing return to work in the over 50s.</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS016414%2F1">The effect of gig economy work on workers' financial (in)security and the mediating role of social security systems</a></li></ul>

What types and combinations of support, incentives and conditionality are most effective at enabling and encouraging people in work and in receipt of Universal Credit to increase their hours and earnings to progress in work?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.How effective has government’s cost of living support been?This encompasses priorities around: - promoting financial resilience and reducing poverty, including by harnessing the full set of levers available through the Department and its public bodies, other government departments and Local and Combined Authorities - supporting people to help meet the cost of living and work across government to support the formulation and delivery of effective housing policies, particularly with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) - delivering financial security for low-income working adults, and for children in low-income householdsContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS016694%2F1">Housing matters: A comparative study of the relationship between housing and poverty in Europe</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS012958%2F1">Enhancing housing affordability and social care in Japan and UK - comparative evaluation of policy and practice</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL010569%2F1">Hitting Home: Single People, Housing Benefit Reform &amp; Equalities Law</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP000525%2F1">Intra-household allocation of resources: implications for poverty, deprivation and inequality in the European Union</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW005891%2F1">Consumption dynamics and the insurance value of benefits</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FM007162%2F1">The role of housing and housing providers in tackling poverty experienced by young people in the UK</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10092250">HouseInc - Inclusive, Affordable and Sustainable Housing for Marginalized Communities</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT014334%2F1">ESRC Institute for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy</a></li></ul>

How effective has government’s cost of living support been?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.How can&nbsp;DWP&nbsp;and its partners maximise sustainable compliance with child maintenance arrangements?This encompasses priorities around: - promoting financial resilience and reducing poverty, including by harnessing the full set of levers available through the Department and its public bodies, other government departments and Local and Combined Authorities - supporting people to help meet the cost of living and work across government to support the formulation and delivery of effective housing policies, particularly with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) - delivering financial security for low-income working adults, and for children in low-income householdsContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV015435%2F1">Childcare and Wellbeing in Times of Covid-19: Developing crisis-resilient care solutions</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS011323%2F1">Looked-after children in Wales: An analysis of the backgrounds of children entering public care</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV013203%2F1">The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of Early Years childcare in England and Wales</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX000494%2F1">Development of a research-ready dataset linking data on children and young people in London held by Local Authorities and healthcare providers</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FP017037%2F1">Sustainable day-care for 1-4 year olds in disadvantaged urban communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV016210%2F1">Children and young people living in poverty: COVID-19 needs and policy implications</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FS037608%2F1">Harnessing cross-country administrative data to evaluate national policy impacts on maternal, infant and child health and health inequalities-MatCHNet</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT000120%2F1">Comparing health outcomes for care experienced children and children in the general population in Scotland using linked administrative data</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY010566%2F1">ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX000427%2F1">Enhancement of ECHILD with a mother-child and Unique Property Reference number link</a></li></ul>

How can DWP and its partners maximise sustainable compliance with child maintenance arrangements?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.What are the distributions and drivers of psychosocial and cultural factors that affect employment and health outcomes (for example, illness perceptions, health beliefs, workplace cultures)?This encompasses priorities around: - supporting groups that are under-represented in the labour market, including disabled people, who were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic - initiatives to support people from these groups to start, stay, and succeed in work transforming support for disabled people and people with health conditions to promote independent living and improve the customer experience - influencing positive employer behaviours and promote good Occupational Health practice to help people maintain attachment to the labour marketContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP000487%2F1">Impact of interventions and policies on prolonging working life in good health: an international study</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS012648%2F1">Practices and Combinations of Practices for Health and Wellbeing at Work</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN019261%2F1">Tackling health inequalities and extending working lives (THRIVE)</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0900038%2F1">Work, Health and Well-being: an interdisciplinary approach to managing health in the workplace</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV016148%2F1">Beyond the 10 000 steps: Managing less visible aspects of healthy ageing at work</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL000946%2F2">Sustaining employee well-being in the 21st Century</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX007391%2F1">Addressing the Mental Health and Productivity of Young Workers using Contextual Behavioural Science</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY007980%2F1">Caring For Carers: Innovating For Workplace Health And Wellbeing Support</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV016156%2F2">HEALTHIER WORKING LIVES AND AGEING FOR WORKERS IN THE CARE SECTOR: DEVELOPING CAREERS, ENHANCING CONTINUITY, PROMOTING WELLBEING (HWL)</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=134028">Business Health Matters</a></li></ul>

What are the distributions and drivers of psychosocial and cultural factors that affect employment and health outcomes (for example, illness perceptions, health beliefs, workplace cultures)?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.How can DWP best contribute to net zero by driving reductions in emissions through work and pensions policies, estates and operations?This encompasses priorities around: - continuing to reduce and prevent fraud and error in benefit expenditure to deliver value for money for the taxpayer and an appropriate balance between effective fraud prevention and good customer experience - becoming an increasingly data driven organisation with modern, secure, sustainable, and automated systems to drive better experiences for DWP customers, staff and taxpayers - understanding customers’ experience so DWP can target interventions when and where they have the most impact - working smartly and flexibly to deliver services when, where and how DWP customers need them, increasing analytical capability to tailor services to customers’ individual needs and circumstancesContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10056200">A Climate Companion for FS organisations to measure, manage and reduce their carbon emissions.</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10030868">Sustainability As A Service with Greenr</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FM008150%2F1">Welfare, Employment and Energy Demand: Examining Tensions and Opportunities in the Delivery of Demand Reduction</a></li><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10062151">Leicestershire CAN (Collaboration to Accelerate Net zero): A framework for cross-sector decision making, governance and delivery to enable and accelerate net zero action</a></li></ul>

How can DWP best contribute to net zero by driving reductions in emissions through work and pensions policies, estates and operations?

This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at <a target='_blank' href='https://ari.org.uk/'>https://ari.org.uk/</a> by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.How can DWP best learn from serious cases to develop responsive and robust services for those most at risk?This encompasses priorities around: - continuing to reduce and prevent fraud and error in benefit expenditure to deliver value for money for the taxpayer and an appropriate balance between effective fraud prevention and good customer experience - becoming an increasingly data driven organisation with modern, secure, sustainable, and automated systems to drive better experiences for DWP customers, staff and taxpayers - understanding customers’ experience so DWP can target interventions when and where they have the most impact - working smartly and flexibly to deliver services when, where and how DWP customers need them, increasing analytical capability to tailor services to customers’ individual needs and circumstancesContact detailsSend correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.Related UKRI Projects<ul><li><a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FT027517%2F1">Health economic skills for advancing health policy: capturing effects of prevention and intervention beyond traditional health services</a></li></ul>

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