Questions from the Department for Work and Pensions:
Deliver financial support to people who are entitled to it
What are the causes, consequences and costs associated with parental conflict and family breakdown? What is effective in avoiding or mitigating parental conflict and for whom? How do parental characteristics including worklessness, low skills, lack of stable housing, ethnicity, parents in the perinatal stage, LGBTQ+, being (or having been) a member of the armed forces, mental health and parents with SEND children interact with conflict and influence what works?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Deliver financial support to people who are entitled to it
How can the benefit system best help low income and vulnerable households with their housing costs? What is the impact of DWP’s expenditure on housing support? What factors impact on evictions, homelessness and rough sleeping? How effective are policies designed to reduce homelessness?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Deliver financial support to people who are entitled to it
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?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
How do the characteristics, needs and experiences of older workers vary in relation to work and health? What factors affect whether older workers continue in employment? What approaches work best to maximise employment options for older workers?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
What additional labour market barriers do those from disadvantaged groups (such as ex-offenders, homeless people), face? How can DWP best support those with multiple, complex needs to gain and retain employment?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
How can Work Coaches most effectively use available support to promote movement into work and progression in work? How can DWP most effectively learn from, and promote, best practice across the Work Coach network?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
How might employers optimise job design and hybrid and flexible working arrangements to manage risks, accommodate employee care needs and build soft skills and team working to maintain attachment to the labour market?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
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?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
In what ways do housing circumstances affect the way people move into, and remain in, work? What role is played in labour market outcomes by temporary accommodation, housing affordability, poor quality housing, insecure accommodation and the private and social rented sectors?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
What are the most effective ways for government to work with employers and other partners to support people into sustained work? How are employers reshaping workplace organisation to support the health and wellbeing of their employees? How can further evidence-based practice be encouraged? How can effective evidence-based tools influence best practice?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023
Maximise employment, reduce economic inactivity, and support the progression of those in work
How can DWP best support places, regions and sectors in levelling up? What approaches work best in addressing employment skills development, employment skills shortages and employment skills mismatches across the UK?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2023