Independent Reviews

Civil court users survey: feasibility study report

Published Jan 2026 Justice & Legal MOJ — A Government Social Research (GSR) report for a feasibility study of a civil court users survey.

Batters Farming Review

Published Dec 2025 Baroness Minette Batters · DEFRA — Independent review commissioned by DEFRA in April 2025 and led by Baroness Minette Batters, former NFU President, to … 57 recs

Hodge Arts Council Review

Published Dec 2025 Baroness Margaret Hodge · DCMS — Independent review of Arts Council England examining its governance, strategy, funding model and relationship with the arts sector, … 33 recs

SaBTO hepatitis E virus (HEV) screening review and recommendations

Published Dec 2025 Health & Social Care DHSC — Review of UK blood donor screening for hepatitis E virus (HEV), assessing current methods, risks and options to … 6 recs

Fonagy Review

Published Dec 2025 Health & Social Care Professor Peter Fonagy OBE · Department of Health and Social Care — Independent review commissioned by DHSC in December 2025 to examine how the health system delivers mental health, ADHD …

Kingdon review of children’s hearing services: final report

Published Nov 2025 Health & Social Care Dr Camilla Kingdon · DHSC — Sets out the final report from the independent review of children’s hearing services in England. 12 recs

Keep Britain Working Review: Final report

Published Nov 2025 Health & Social Care DWP — Keep Britain Working is an independent review of the role of employers in tackling health based economic inactivity … 3 recs

Sayce Carer's Allowance Review

Published Nov 2025 Employment & Work Liz Sayce OBE · DWP — Independent review examining the causes of Carer's Allowance overpayments and how the DWP can better support unpaid carers, … 40 recs

Infected Blood Compensation Authority Independent Review

Published Oct 2025 Sir Tyrone Urch and Hazel Hobbs · Infected Blood Compensation Authority — This is a link to an independent review of the Infected Blood Compensation Authority commissioned by the Cabinet … 24 recs

GGR Independent Review

Published Oct 2025 Dr Alan Whitehead CBE · DESNZ — Independent review commissioned by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in February 2025 to … 30 recs

ACMD review of the evidence on the use and harms of etomidate

Published Oct 2025 Health & Social Care ACMD — The report presents a review of etomidate and structurally related compounds and subsequent recommendations regarding their classification and … 4 recs

National workload action group: reports on social worker workload

Published Sep 2025 Health & Social Care DfE — Reports exploring how to reduce social workers’ workload. 19 recs

Windsor Framework Review

Published Sep 2025 Lord Murphy of Torfaen · NIO — The Rt Hon Lord Murphy of Torfaen has presented his report to the Secretary of State for Northern … 12 recs

Murphy Windsor Framework Review

Published Sep 2025 Institutional Lord Murphy of Torfaen · Northern Ireland Office — Statutory independent review of the Windsor Framework commissioned under Schedule 6A to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 following … 16 recs

Regulatory Sandbox for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations: Stage 1

Published Aug 2025 Policing & Security DSIT — Outputs from Stage 1 of the Regulatory Sandbox for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO). 61 recs

Prison Capacity Review

Published Aug 2025 Justice & Legal Dame Anne Owers · Ministry of Justice — Independent review commissioned by the Ministry of Justice in February 2025 and chaired by Dame Anne Owers, former … 5 recs

Independent Prison Capacity Review: final report

Published Aug 2025 Justice & Legal Dame Anne Owers · MOJ — The Independent Prison Capacity Review examines the prison capacity crisis and offers recommendations to help future governments avoid … 5 recs

Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2025 to 2026

Published Jul 2025 Employment & Work DBT — The strategy covers 4 main themes: improving the radar picture, improving focus on effectiveness, better joined-up thinking, and … 8 recs

Independent review of the physician associate and anaesthesia associate roles: final report

Published Jul 2025 Health & Social Care Professor Gillian Leng CBE · DHSC — Independent report by Professor Gillian Leng CBE looking at the safety and effectiveness of physician associates and anaesthesia … 18 recs

Review of the whistleblowing framework in Great Britain

Published Jul 2025 Employment & Work DBT — Independent research report by Grant Thornton, commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade, examining how the whistleblowing …

Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape

Published Jul 2025 Health & Social Care DHSC — Dr Penny Dash's review of patient safety across the health and care landscape in England, which was commissioned … 9 recs

Dash Patient Safety Review

Published Jul 2025 Health & Social Care Dr Penny Dash · Department of Health and Social Care — Independent review commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in October 2024, following Dr … 9 recs

Cunliffe Water Commission

Published Jul 2025 Sir Jon Cunliffe · Defra — Independent commission examining the governance, regulation and performance of the water sector in England and Wales, making wide-ranging … 88 recs

Leveson Criminal Courts Review

Published Jul 2025 Justice & Legal Sir Brian Leveson · MoJ — Independent review of the criminal courts system in England and Wales examining efficiency, case management, and the use … 45 recs

Devereux ONS Review

Published Jun 2025 Institutional Sir Robert Devereux KCB · Cabinet Office — Externally-led review of the Office for National Statistics commissioned jointly by the Cabinet Office and the UK Statistics … 3 recs