What works in United Kingdom
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has implemented several evidence-based policy and programme innovations. Mandatory gender pay gap reporting since April 2017 requires employers with 250+ staff to publish annual data, with over 10,700 now reporting and the OECD median gender wage gap falling from 16.8% to 13.3% between 2016 and 2023. The Ministry of Justice's Justice Transcribe AI tool has been rolled out to every probation officer in England and Wales, achieving a 50% reduction in note-taking time and enabling 80% of officers to report improved engagement with offenders. The UK Peatland Code provides a voluntary quality-assurance standard for peatland restoration, bundling carbon, water and biodiversity co-benefits on a public registry, though quantified outcomes are not detailed in the available evidence.
Drawn from: United Kingdom Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting (Equality Act 2010 / 2017 Regulations) · Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 — Criminalising Coercive Control as a Course of Behaviour · Digital Lifelines Scotland — Devices & Connectivity for People Affected by Drug Use and Homelessness · Justice Transcribe — the UK's AI Note-Taking Tool for Every Probation Officer in England and Wales · UK Peatland Code · Digital Inclusion Scheme — Tablet Loans & Skills Support for Mental Health Service Users (Camden & Islington NHS) · Get Online Greater Manchester — Digital Poverty Pilot for Care Leavers (Salford) · Coracle Inside — Secure In-Cell Digital Learning for UK Prisons
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +25 pts 76 here · 50 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +22 pts 76 here · 54 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +15 pts 46 here · 31 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +10 pts 58 here · 48 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +10 pts 86 here · 76 average
Governance, certification & transferability +10 pts 74 here · 64 average
Weaknesses
Documented learning -12 pts 62 here · 74 average
Impact on gender equality -17 pts 64 here · 80 average
Curator validation -20 pts 55 here · 74 average
Effectiveness -23 pts 55 here · 77 average
Demonstrated reach -25 pts 50 here · 76 average
Efficiency -26 pts 18 here · 44 average
Evaluation evidence -38 pts 7 here · 44 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: United Kingdom. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
United Kingdom Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting (Equality Act 2010 / 2017 Regulations) · 100
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 — Criminalising Coercive Control as a Course of Behaviour · 96
Digital Lifelines Scotland — Devices & Connectivity for People Affected by Drug Use and Homelessness · 96
Justice Transcribe — the UK's AI Note-Taking Tool for Every Probation Officer in England and Wales · 93
UK Peatland Code · 93
Get Online Greater Manchester — Digital Poverty Pilot for Care Leavers (Salford) · 92
Coracle Inside — Secure In-Cell Digital Learning for UK Prisons · 92
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in United Kingdom concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Girl Power - Denmark · fit 84/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Matches your scale
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Soroptimist · fit 84/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Matches your scale
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more