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What Works Network

Answer

The What Works Network is currently made up of seven Centres, which are independent of government. The Centres aim to empower policy makers, commissioners and practitioners at both the local and national level, to make decisions based upon robust evidence of what works, and deliver cost efficient, impactful services.

Information requested about the location of the Centres is set out in Table A. The number of staff in each Centre is a matter for the individual organisations and is not collated centrally.

Centres sign up to a set of What Works Network requirements (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/451328/What_Works_Network_-_Membership_requirements.pdf), and each Centre has an evaluation plan in place. The Cabinet Office is working with Centres to assess their impact and inform the future infrastructure to support evidenced based decision making

Table A – What Works Centres and addresses

Centre	Policy Area	City
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence	Health and Social Care	Manchester
Education Endowment Foundation	Educational Attainment	London
Early Intervention Foundation	Early Intervention	London
What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth	Local Growth	London
What Works Centre for Crime Reduction	Crime Reduction	London
Centre for Ageing Better – in development	Ageing	London
What Works Centre for Wellbeing – in development	Wellbeing	London

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

9240

Session

2015-16

Transferred

Yes

Subjects

Location Staff Standards What Works Network

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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