Questions from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
Make work pay
What are the broader social benefits to individuals from jobs with higher pay, better working conditions and security, and can we link these benefits to wider society e.g. through savings to the Exchequer via reduced healthcare needs?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2025
Reforming local government, local government finance and local public services
What are the lessons to learn from successful insourcing of services by local government? What are the common themes behind failures of outsourcing relevant to local government?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2025
Reforming local government, local government finance and local public services
What is the evidence that prevention and early intervention in adult social care, children’s social care and other local services improve outcomes – compared with treating problems – and lead to better value for money for taxpayers?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2025
Tackling Homelessness
What data, evidence and analytical tools (preventative analytics) are required to identify populations at risk of homelessness, such as families facing eviction, victims of domestic abuse, or individuals with precarious work conditions? What are the best means of outreach and engagement with at-risk populations?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2025
Improving housing quality
What are the long-term impacts of housing quality on social cohesion, health, educational attainment, child poverty, life chances, wellbeing and other outcomes? What are our best quantified and monetised estimates of these relationships?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2025
Improving housing quality
What are the capability and capacity gaps (both in delivering high quality new housing and remedying issues in existing stock) facing the construction workforce in the UK and what impact do those gaps have on housing quality and safety?
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2025