CALLS FOR EVIDENCE
You can find our top ten tips for giving written and oral evidence to Select Committees here. General guidance from Parliament can be found here.
Let us know if you intend to submit evidence to the committee inquiries or government consultations listed below, and if we can help in any way, via comms.publicaffairs@lse.ac.uk.
Calls for evidence by topic:
Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britian Working - DWP Consultation
This consultation seeks views on the approaches the government should consider around reform of the health and disability benefits system and employment support.
Deadline: 30 June
Low Pay Commission 2025 - Low Pay Commission Consultation
The Low Pay Commission is inviting submissions to inform its recommendations to the Government on minimum wage rates in 2026 and beyond.
Deadline: 30 June
Small Business Strategy - Business and Trade Committee
The Business and Trade Commitee have launched an inquiry into the Government's upcoming Small Business Strategy, to develop reccomendations for the strategy set criteria against which to measure the Government's progress.
Deadline: TBC
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Government use of data analytics to make fraud and error savings - Public Accounts Committee Inquiry
The PAC will examine how the government as a whole is seeking to improve its use of data analytics to make fraud and error savings, following a National Audit Office report in 2025 that examined how the government can overcome the barriers to using more data analytics techniques.
Deadline: TBC
Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification - Home Affairs Committee
The Home Affairs Committee are examining the benefits that new digital forms of ID could bring for reducing crime and managing migration.
Deadline: 21 August
Men's Health Strategy for England - DHSC
The Department for Health and Social Care is seeking evidence and ideas to inform a Men's Health Strategy for England.
Deadline: 17 July
Areas of Research Interest - Department for Education
The Department for Education has updated its Areas of Research (ARIs) outlining the DfE's research priorities for the year. They are seeking research and evidence on themes including attainment, SEND, attendance, children's mental health, belonging at school, and the Government's plan for skills. Find the full list of questions here.
Higher Education and Funding: Threat of insolvency and international students - Education Commitee
The Education Commitee is investigating the causes of recent redundancies and cuts to courses in the higher education sector, including the impacts of fluctuating international student numbers.
Deadline: 31 July
UK Trade with India, the USA and EU - Business and Trade Committee
The Committee are investigating recent trade deals with the USA, India and EU, and how these frameworks will affect people and businesses in the UK.
Deadline: 31 August
Reform of Landfill Tax - HMT Consultation
The Treasury is consulting on proposals to reform the Landfill Tax, aimed at supporting the government’s ambition to transition to a more circular economy, simplifying the tax and reducing opportunities for error and non-compliance and cracking down on waste crime.
Deadline: 21 July
POLICY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) Notes
Information on the new POST notes, which are used in Parliament by MPs, the House Libraries and members of the Lords, can be found here along with links to other notes that POST are developing and plan to develop in the future.
Parliament for Researchers: free online training sessions from UK Parliament
The UK Parliament's Knowledge Exchange Unit holds online training sessions on how to use research to engage with Parliament. Sessions are tailored both to different roles and career stages, and to the varied ways in which academics can engage with the policymaking process - for example, how to engage with Select Committees, and how to write for a parliamentary audience. You can watch previous sessions here.