# Research to Evaluate the Lower Tiered Benefit Cap

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Crown Commercial Service](/buyers/crown-commercial-service/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [NatCen Social Research](/contract-winners/natcen-social-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 17 January 2017
- Published: 14 February 2017
- Contract start: 18 January 2017
- Contract end: 30 November 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a873223a-c734-4cf6-b223-1c26e729c278-130372
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-48c07009-4fdf-41b8-a255-c709768069a3

## Description

The Department for Work and Pensions \(DWP\) wishes to commission research to evaluate the lower, tiered benefit cap\. The purpose of the research will be to evaluate the effects of the new lowered Benefit Cap on affected claimants' behaviours and attitudes towards housing and employment and understand what is driving / preventing different responses to the cap\. Additionally the research will seek to assess the effectiveness of the policy in meetings its aims as a work incentive, explore how the policy is operating and understand what effects the policy has had on the housing function of Local Authorities \(LAs\) and local agencies\.

## Related contract awards

- [Construction Professional Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ef9d53d6-d412-4bf4-a5cc-856df493e69d): Crown Commercial Service
- [Audit and Assurance Services Two \(A&AS2\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-134ddb7b-5d67-4256-819f-96af62f09e23): Crown Commercial Service
- [The Provision of Workday Licences](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bf5442b9-cd6a-45f9-8b27-72a80f29e560): Crown Commercial Service
- [Provision of the Family Resources Survey \(FRS\) 2024 - 2027](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e3e8a5ce-d359-4265-bda6-5a43834f59dd): Office for National Statistics
- [Connect to Work](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-690ed47a-7812-4d3f-9d5c-0db36909da03): Department for Work & Pensions
- [Get Britain Working Trailblazers](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e17fa0fd-9867-4a8e-ac18-59bac6d6dc04): Department for Work and Pensions

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a873223a-c734-4cf6-b223-1c26e729c278-130372)