Questions from the Department for Work and Pensions:
Shape the pensions system to serve the interests of savers and pensioners, ensuring decent, secure retirement incomes for all
What factors drive consumer engagement in private and workplace pensions? And to what extent does greater/better engagement lead to positive outcomes in retirement or desired behavioural responses?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Shape the pensions system to serve the interests of savers and pensioners, ensuring decent, secure retirement incomes for all
How effectively are Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension markets functioning? How could further reform address market failures and improve outcomes?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Shape the pensions system to serve the interests of savers and pensioners, ensuring decent, secure retirement incomes for all
What factors are associated with take-up of Pensioner Benefits among the eligible population? And what are the social/spillover benefits associated with take up of these benefits (e.g. reduced health/care costs)?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Shape the pensions system to serve the interests of savers and pensioners, ensuring decent, secure retirement incomes for all
How does financial insecurity during working life impact in later life and retirement? Within this, we are interested in who experiences financial insecurity over the life-course and who should prioritise short-term income over long-term pension saving.
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Shape the pensions system to serve the interests of savers and pensioners, ensuring decent, secure retirement incomes for all
What factors are associated with greater financial resilience in later life? And how can retirement outcomes be improved for groups at the greatest risk of under-saving, such as those on low incomes?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Shape the pensions system to serve the interests of savers and pensioners, ensuring decent, secure retirement incomes for all
What are the implications of demographic trends, the long-term economic outlook, and trends in working/saving behaviour for fiscal sustainability and financial security in later life?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Tackle child poverty and hardship, ensuring financial security for all
How should benefit eligibility differ for different migrant groups by immigration status; time spent in the UK and contributions to the economy e.g. National Insurance Contributions (NICs) paid?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Tackle child poverty and hardship, ensuring financial security for all
How effective are child maintenance and associated policies at supporting separated families to have a child maintenance arrangement that is appropriate for them, reducing conflict and helping children and adults achieve better outcomes?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Tackle child poverty and hardship, ensuring financial security for all
What is the effectiveness (including value for money) of DWP’s expenditure on housing support, including its impacts on wider policies such as health, education, the labour market and energy efficient homes?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026
Tackle child poverty and hardship, ensuring financial security for all
How do the needs of families with children under 18 vary over the child's life course, following specific life events, or changes of circumstances? How does this relate to the risk of poverty and associated support needs?
Department for Work and Pensions, 2026