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  • Research Briefing

    Cold Weather Payments for winter 2015/16

    Monday, 11 January, 2016

    Cold Weather Payments are made from the Social Fund to certain recipients of Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit or Pension Credit during periods of very cold weather. To “trigger” the payments, the average temperature at a specified weather station must be recorded as, or forecast to be, 0°C or below for seven consecutive days. The scheme runs from 1 November to 31 March each year.

    • Research Briefing
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015: a summary

    Monday, 30 November, 2015

    Updated analysis of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Economic policy
    • Economic situation
    • Education
    • Family benefits
    • Housing benefits
    • Pensions
    • Public spending
    • Tax
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    2016 Benefits Uprating

    Friday, 27 November, 2015

    This note sets out the main benefit and tax credit rates for the 2016-17 financial year.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Bereavement benefits
    • Family benefits
    • Housing benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Background to the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement

    Friday, 20 November, 2015

    Background to the joint 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement, which will be presented to Parliament on 25 November 2015.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Economic policy
    • Economic situation
    • Family benefits
    • Housing benefits
    • Pensions
    • Public spending
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Insight

    Tax Credit & Universal Credit: a 75% taper?

    Wednesday, 18 November, 2015

    • Insight
    • Benefits
  • Insight

    Tax Credit & Universal Credit: impact of announced changes

    Wednesday, 18 November, 2015

    • Insight
    • Devolution
  • Research Briefing

    Tax Credit changes from April 2016

    Thursday, 29 October, 2015

    This note (published 15 October 2015) outlines what tax credits are, the changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015 and how these changes will be implemented. It also estimates what impact these changes will have for families in combination with other measures announced in the Summer Budget 2015, such as introduction of the National Living Wage, the increase to the Personal Allowance and freeze in Child Benefit. This page was updated on 29 October 2015 to included additional analysis of the impact on affected families (see attached spreadsheet).

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    General Election 2015

    Tuesday, 28 July, 2015

    This briefing paper analyses the results of the 2015 General Election. It includes the election results by country, region and party, as well as the full result and turnout for every UK constituency. This is the second edition of the briefing paper, which provides additional analysis and statistics. New chapters in this edition cover seats changing hands, the characteristics of voters for each party, the characteristics of candidates and MPs, the electorate and turnout, safe and marginal seats, by-elections during the last Parliament, polling day, and the marginality of constituencies. The full results are available for download in two CSV files. The election results shown in this Briefing Paper were provided by Returning Officers following the 2015 General Election.

    • Research Briefing
    • Elections
    • House of Commons
    • Parliament
    • UK elections
    • Elections data
  • Insight

    Matching majorities: examining proposals for English Votes for English Laws

    Thursday, 02 July, 2015

    • Insight
    • Devolution
    • Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    England, Scotland, Wales: MPs & voting in the House of Commons

    Friday, 26 June, 2015

    This note analyses the geographic composition of governments and voting patterns of MPs representing England, Scotland and Wales in the House of Commons. It does so in light of the Smith Commission Heads of Agreement on further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament, along with subsequent debate about both Scottish representation at Westminster and ‘English votes for English laws’.

    • Research Briefing
    • Devolution
    • House of Commons
    • Parliament
  • Debate Pack

    Science and research in the UK and regional economies

    Tuesday, 23 June, 2015

    This debate pack has been complied ahead of the debate on Science and research in the UK and regional economies on Wednesday 24 June 2015 at 09:30am.

    • Debate Pack
    • Sciences
  • Insight

    General Election 2015: the results in context

    Friday, 08 May, 2015

    • Insight
    • UK elections
  • Insight

    General Election 2015: candidates in numbers

    Thursday, 07 May, 2015

    • Insight
    • UK elections
  • Research Briefing

    Sources of Statistics: Business

    Tuesday, 10 March, 2015

    This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on business.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
  • Insight

    How much is a pint of milk? Food and drink consumption, expenditure and costs in the UK

    Wednesday, 17 December, 2014

    • Insight
    • Consumers
    • Economy

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