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News Archive 2007

This area provides links to news items which have featured previously on Policy Hub

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2007

• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007

December

• Prevention of violence against women - VicHealth report  31 Dec
• School leadership and pupil outcomes - DCSF report 31 Dec
• Knife crime: a review of evidence and policy - CJS report   19 Dec
• Social care research ethics - DH response   18 Dec
• Rail research strategy - DfT documents  14 Dec
• Department of Health Autumn Performance - DH report 14 Dec
• Children's plan - DCSF  11 Dec
• Gypsies and Travellers: accommodation, understanding and rights - BSHF report   6 Dec
• Transport trends 2007 - DfT report   6 Dec
• Corston review - government response   6 Dec
• Literacy education: research - ACER report   6 Dec
• Science attainment in schools - OECD report   4 Dec
• Poverty and social exclusion 2007 - JRF report   3 Dec
• Women in the criminal justice system - PRT briefing  3 Dec

November

• Home Office performance   30 Nov
• Work and family life - OECD report   29 Nov
• Overskilling in Australia and Britain - ISL report  29 Nov
• Criminal statistics 2006 - MoJ report  29 Nov
• Reading literacy: international comparisons - NFER and IEA reports  28 Nov
• Literacy: Scotland - IEA report   28 Nov
• Public services and religious organisations - BHA report  28 Nov
• Successful ageing - ILC-UK report   28 Nov
• Men's health policy - ANZHP report  28 Nov
• Vocational education and training for prisoners - NCVER   28 Nov
• Environmental causes of disease - AMS report  27 Nov
• UK housing emissions - ECI report  27 Nov
• Housing of new immigrants - JRF report   26 Nov
• Poverty and school - JRF report  21 Nov
• Street policing of problem drug users - JRF research  21 Nov
• Drug education research - HO reports  20 Nov
• Transport for older and younger people - DfT reports  20 Nov
• Drugs: research reports - Home Office   20 Nov
• Politics of traffic - NLGN report  16 Nov
• Climate change for policymakers - IPCC report  16 Nov
• Living arrangements, health and wellbeing - ESRC report  15 Nov
• Screening juvenile offenders - NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research  15 Nov
• Health at a glance 2007 - OECD report  15 Nov
• Families in poverty  - Frank Buttle Trust  14 Nov
• Policy & Politics: new issue - Policy Press 12 Nov
• Cancer and obesity in women - BMJ report  7 Nov
• Societies and suburban public transport - URP report   5 Nov
• Low carbon Britain - ippr reports  5 Nov
• Growth and CO2 emissions - World Bank report  2 Nov
• Crime mapping  - HO report  2 Nov
• Environment: public attitudes - Defra report  2 Nov
• Aviation noise: attitudes - DfT report  2 Nov
• Primary review: 3 interim reports  2 Nov
• Homelessness: strategy - Swedish government report 1 Nov

October

• Retail crime 2006/07 - BRC survey  31 Oct
• Environmental health and climate change - Research Australia report 31 Oct
• Sustainable transport and economic growth - DfT report 30 Oct
• Trends in drug misuse - HO Statistical bulletin 25 Oct
• Civil and Social Justice Survey findings - CCJS report 25 Oct
• Child obesity policy - ANZHP report 24 Oct
• Impact of heavy cannabis use on young people - JRF report 24 Oct
• Management of offenders under MAPPA - Probation Service 22 Oct
• Health Care Quality Indicators 2006 update - OECD report 22 Oct
• Health profile of England 2007 - DH report 22 Oct
• Use and impact of dispersal orders - JRF study 18 Oct
• Crime in England and Wales 2006/2007 - HO report 18 Oct
• Risk of re-offending - MoJ report 18 Oct
• Making policy in theory and practice - Policy Press 17 Oct
• Tackling obesities: future choices - Foresight report 17 Oct
• Social impacts of migration - HO presentation 17 Oct
• Economic impact of immigration - HO/DWP report 16 Oct
• Holistic approach to road safety - PACTS report 16 Oct
• Migrant Integration Policy Index - British Council and Migration Policy Group report 15 Oct
• Primary review consultation report 12 Oct
• More inequality, less social mobility - RSSS paper 11 Oct
• Young people: positive behaviour and community-based activities - JRF report 11 Oct
• Personal travel planning - DfT report 11 Oct
• Youth poverty in Europe - JRF report 10 Oct
• Child victims of crime - HLPR report 10 Oct
• Breaking the cycle of violence among young people - Victim Support report 10 Oct
• Local government and climate change - NLGN report 10 Oct
• Health and sustainable development - DH plan 8 Oct
• Anti-gang strategies and interventions - ARACY report 7 Oct
• NHS review interim report - DH 4 October
• Maternity services reform - ANZHP report 3 October
• Employment: lone parents and working mothers - JRF reports 3 October
• Planning for affordable housing - AHURI report 3 October
• Greenhouse myths - AI report 2 October
• Global displacement and migration - UNHCR 2 October

September

• Regeneration and race equality - CRE report 28 September
• Childcare pilots: evaluation - DCSF report 27 September
• Preventing crime and antisocial behaviour - DCSF report 27 September
• Employers and an ageing workforce - DWP report 27 September
• Education: low attaining groups - DCSF report 27 September
• Economic survey of the United Kingdom - OECD report 27 September
• Young people and risk - Policy Press 26 September
• Immigration 1997-2007 - Policy Press 26 September
• Allergy in the UK - House of Lords report 26 September
• Students in English universities 2007 - HEPI report 25 September
• Trafficked children in UK - UNICEF UK report 19 September
• UK race today - CRE final report 19 September
• Work, tax and poverty - Centreforum report 18 September
• Better GP services - CBI report 18 September
• Police powers and DNA - NCB report 18 September
• Education at a glance: 2007 - OECD report 18 September
• Postcodes as social indicators - DM report 13 September
• Technology-enabled crime - AIC report 12 September
• Impact of poverty on children's education and schooling - ATL survey 11 September
• Review of NHS funding and performance - KF report 11 September
• Supporting vulnerable children - NFER 7 September
• Poverty and educational disadvantage - JRF reports 7 September
• Food colouring and children's behaviour - FSA guidance 6 September
• Attitudes towards bus travel - DfT survey 6 September
• Young people and housing advice - YA report 5 September
• Predicting multiple deprivation in adulthood - NCB report 3 September

August

• Children's social/behavioural outcomes - IoE report 31 August
• Climate change policies - OECD briefing 30 August
• Preparedness for influenza pandemic - DH report 30 August
• Childcare standards - Ofsted report 29 August
• Pre-school children policies - CEM paper 28 August
• Productive welfare - DSPSW draft paper 28 August
• Educational outcomes for young people - Social Inclusion Unit, South Australia report 24 August
• UK Energy and the Environment - Cambridge Economics 23 August
• Cancer survival in Europe - Eurocare 21 August
• Victims of corporate fraud - CCJS report 20 August
• Building on green belt - SMF 15 Aug
• Learning difficulties and inclusion - JRF reports 15 August
• Environment: public attitudes - Defra report 14 August
• Car use, climate change and obesity - IEEP report 13 August
• Older people and mental health - Age Concern report 13 August
• Satellite tracking of offenders - MoJ report 2 August

July

• Child poverty in US and UK - CAP paper 30 July
• Secondary social, emotional and behavioural skills - NFER report 30 July
• Parliamentary report on climate change - EAC report 30 July
• Assessing the implementation of Agenda for Change - Kings Fund Report 30 July
• Public space and interaction between diverse communities - Demos report 26 July
• Young people: ten year strategy - DCSF/HMT 26 July
• Juvenile pre-court diversion - AIC report 25 July
• Neighbourhood policy - Policy Press 25 July
• 30 year rail strategy - DfT White Paper 24 July
• Child well-being: international comparisons - FCD report 19 July
• Older people in the community - ILC-UK report 19 July
• Crime in England and Wales: 2006/07 - HO Bulletin 19 July
• Crime Strategy - HO 19 July
• Telephony etc communications barriers - DWP report 19 July
• 21st Century social evils - JRF research 19 July
• Reintegration of ex-prisoners - AIC report 18 July
• OECD health data 2007 18 July
• Social marketing and climate change - Ipos Mori report 18 July
• Crime statistics in Canada: 2006 - Statistics Canada 18 July
• Engaging parents in raising achievement - DCSF report 18 July
• Service review of diabetes - DH report 18 July
• Public Health 2006 - DH Report 17 July
• Air quality strategy - Defra 17 July
• Children and television - NCC report 16 July
• European Happy Planet Index - NEF 16 July
• Low income diet survey - FSA report 15 July
• Government information and services online - NAO report 13 July
• The work of Ofsted - ESC report 12 July
• Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments - NAO report 11 July
• Social policy analysis - Policy Press 11 July
• Enforcement and street users - JRF report 11 July
• Social, urban and crime policy and regeneration - Policy Press 11 July
• National Council for Educational Excellence - DCSF announcement 10 July
• Cannabis and mental-health problems - IRS report 10 July
• Road pricing debate - LGA report 5 July
• Heroin use - JRF report 5 July
• Dementia services - NAO report 4 July
• Free personal care in Scotland - JRF report 3 July

June

• Effects of sexual assault - AIFS report June
• Funding of long-term care - JRF report June
• Benefis and costs of Head Start 29 June
• NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care: response to consultation - DH report 26 June
• International migration outlook 2007 - OECD report 25 June
• Capability Reviews: fourth tranche - CO reports 22 June
• Health profiles for local councils - DH reports 22 June
• Low educational achievement - JRF report 22 June
• Scottish housing market review - SE report 21 June
• Online carbon footprint calculator - Defra 20 June
• Child poverty - Save the Children report 19 June
• Scots more likely than English to reach university - ESRC report 19 June
• Social Exclusion: next steps - SETF 18 June
• Young black people and criminal justice - HAC report 15 June
• Cohesion and integration - CIC report 14 June
• Abuse and neglect of older people - Comic Relief 14 June
• UK poverty dynamics - JRF report 13 June
• Second sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study - CLS report 11 June
• Curriculum and political interference - Civitas report 11 June
• Housing affordability - CLG report 7 June
• Health care waiting times: international experience: 2 - CPRN report 7 June
• A new approach to primary care in Australia - CPD report 6 June
• Pupils who fall behind in Key Stage 2 - DfES report 1 June

May 2007

• Free School Meals and socio-economic status - DfES report 31 May
• Urban density and pupil attainment - DfES report 31 May
• Migrants, integration and local neighbourhoods - JRF reports 29 May
• Crime assets available for seizure 24 May
• Drug use in the family - ANCD report 24 May 
• Teacher effectiveness - RSSS report 24 May
• Improvement and modernisation of public services - Policy Network 23 May
• Teaching professionalism - Demos report 22 May
• Poverty and disadvantage among prisoners' families - JRF report 21 May
• Youth justice : critical analysis - CCJS report 17 May
• Student-centred learning and disadvantage - Education Foundation 17 May
• Classroom disengagement - Education Foundation report 17 May
• 'Risk and need' assessments in youth justice - ESRC report 15 May
• Intergenerational transmission of disadvantage - OECD report 15 May
• Participating in crime - Law Commission report 10 May
• Our health, our care, our say: one year on - DH report 9 May
• State of the world's mothers 2007 - Save the Children report 8 May
• Duty to promote community cohesion - DfES consultation 8 May
• Flaws in system of written testimony - Guardian Report 7 May
• Adult offenders' perceptions of problems - HO report 4 May
• Health effects of climate change in the UK - DH draft report 4 May
• Government response to Commons Transport Committee fourth report 2006-07 - Department for Transport 3 May

April 2007

• Young people and civil justice - Youth Access reports 27 April
• Health care waiting times: international experience - CPRN conference presentations 26 April
• Crime update to December 2006 - HO report 26 April
• Impact of digitisation of Health Service information - ESRC report 25 April
• Mental disorders in the criminal justice system - AIC report 23 April
• Australian crime 2006 - AIC report 23 April
• An analysis of UK drug policy - UKDPC report 19 April
• Deaths from drink-driving - ETSC report 17 April
• Performance pay for teachers - ACER report 16 April
• HOMEWORK: interactive learning system for parents and children - ESRC report 16 April
• Evaluation of personal, social and health education - Ofsted report 11 April
• Social trends 2007 - ONS report 11 April
• Public Services Zone - ESRC 10 April
• Crime and punishment reform - ippr report 8 April
• Use of knives with violent crimes - Tilburg University 8 April
• International perspectives on civil service reform - ippr report 6 April
• Climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability - IPCC report 6 April
• Harnessing people power to prevent climate change - ippr report 5 April
• Social forces and politics of housing research - HCRU report 4 April
• Localism and governance ESRC report 2 April
• Child support policy: an international perspective -SPRU report 2 April
• Impact Assessment - BRE 2 April

 

March 2007

• Mentoring and reoffending - HO REA 30 March
• Collaboration to transform public services - Demos report 29 March
• Review of children and young people's policy - DfES/HMT report 29 March
• Neighbourhoods: light touch support - JRF report 29 March
• Supporting families - DfES/HMT policy 29 March
• Equalities review - CO report 28 March
• Work-rich and work-poor - JRF report 28 March
• Security, crime and justice - HO report 27 March
• Child poverty strategy - DWP 27 March
• Capability Reviews - CO 27 March
• Early years study - CEDC 26 March
• School-to-work transition - IZA report 22 March
• Intervention for Families At-Risk review - SETF 20 March
• Poverty in Scotland - JRF report 19 March
• Child poverty and disability - IPPR report 19 March
• Youth custody and community services 2004-05 - StatCan report 14 March
• Policy research capacity of governments - CPRN presentation 14 March
• Migration trends in OECD countries - Eurasylum interview March
• Drug prevention in England - HO article 14 March
• Diet quality index - AIHW report 14 March
• Measuring the performance of drug law enforcement - AIC report 14 March
• Evaluation of the Restriction on Bail pilot - HO report 14 March
• Diabetes four years on - DH report 8 March
• UK Government-wide health strategy - DH report 7 March
• International experiences of using community treatment orders- IoP report 6 March
• Governing for the future - PAC report 6 March
• Reducing child poverty: a benefit or work strategy? - OECD report 6 March
• Use of evidence to evaluate medicines - MJA paper 5 March
• Environmental Audit - HC report 5 March
• Urban transport - EC consultation March
• Early childhood factors and child well-being - DNISR report 1 March
• Urban environments and health - URP report 1 March

February 2007

• Government response to Scientific advice, risk and evidence-based policy - making report 27 February
• Road user charging: a road map - SMF report 27 February
• Transport infrastructure gap - APPUDG report 26 February
• Mental health interventions - NICE report 22 February
• FRANK drugs information - HO review 21 February
• Prescribed medicines and health outcomes - ANZHP paper 21 February
• Prolific and other Priority Offender (PPO) programme - HO reports 20 February
• Australian welfare reform - BSL report 20 February
• Electoral participation of South Asian communities- JRF report - JRF report 15 February
• Policy for middle childhood - CPRN presentation 15 February
• Department for Transport annual report - Select Committee report 15 February
• Evaluating public participation in central government - DCA framework 14 February
• Equality for disabled people - ODI consultation 14 February<../news_item//engagement07>
• Childhood in industrialised countries - UNICEF report 14 February
• Local authority youth services 2005/06 - Ofsted Report 14 February
• Politicisation of research - Guardian article 13 February
• Hard to reach - ISR report 12 February
• Young people and drugs - HO reports 9 February
• Restorative Justice: the evidence - Smith Institute 8 February
• Is the Law Working? - Law Commission forum 5 February
• Climate change 2007: physical science - IPCC report 2 February

January 2007

• Local challenges of migrant workers - Audit Commission report 31 January
• 15 year olds in transition - BSL report 30 January
• Science of violence - AMS meeting report 30 January 2007
• Pathways to prevention - KCELJAG report 29 January
• Voluntary organisations working to support refugees - ESRC research 29 January
• British Muslims and multiculturalism - Policy Exchange report 29 January
• Crime in England and Wales 2007 - HO report 25 January
• Risk, responsibility, regulation - Government response 23 January
• Tackling health inequalities and differential effects - ESRC report 23 January
• Ethnicity and health - POST note 22 January
• Effective teaching practices - ACER report 20 January
• Decision making of Immigration Officers - HO Report 17 January
• Policy Review gathers pace- PMSU documents 16 January
• Drug court pilot in Tasmania - TLRI report 16 January
• Studies in sexual assault - ACSSA report 16 January
• Deaths from drugs statistics - CPH research 15 January
• Citizens Forum - CO Initiative 15 January
• Alcohol and drug use in Scotland - SFF study 15 January
• Criminal justice audit - CCJS report 15 January
• Policy-making and policy learning in 14-19 education - IoE report 12 January
• Arab communities and citizenship - ESRC research 11 January
• State of social care 2006 - CSCI report 11 January
• Policy Review of children and young people - HM Treasury 9 January
• Coronary heart disease: progress - DH report 5 January
• Pupil's experiences and perspectives - NFER report 5 January
• Teaching and learning in 2020 - DfES report 4 January
• Measuring domestic violence and sexual assault - PL report 3 January
• Armed robbery - AIC report 3 January
• Drug use and crime - AIC report 3 January

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