What works in United Kingdom
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Evidence snapshot for United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has implemented several evidence-backed interventions across social policy, criminal justice, and digital inclusion. Gender pay gap reporting since 2017 has reached over 10,700 employers, with the OECD median gender wage gap falling from 16.8% to 13.3% between 2016 and 2023. Scotland's 2018 Domestic Abuse Act achieved 93% of charges proceeding to court with conviction rates of 84–91%. Coracle Inside digital learning in UK prisons has reached approximately 96 prisons, generating an estimated £16 of social and economic value per £1 spent, with roughly 1,200 ex-prisoners helped into work within six months of release. These practices demonstrate measurable outcomes in gender equity, criminal justice accountability, and prisoner rehabilitation, though they cover specific sectors rather than the UK as a whole.
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 · UK Peatland Code · Coracle Inside — Secure In-Cell Digital Learning for UK Prisons · London Living Wage Policy · Mayor’s Regeneration Fund (MRF) · GOV.UK Chat — the UK Government's Generative-AI Assistant for Citizen Guidance
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.416
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.201
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.194
Governance, certification & transferability +0.169
Evidence of learning impact +0.117
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.095
Transferability / demonstrated replication +0.093
Evidence of impact / measured results +0.091
Weaknesses
Sustainability (ongoing) -0.089
Impact on gender equality -0.113
Documented learning -0.117
Evaluated outcomes -0.123
Curator validation -0.179
Efficiency -0.231
Demonstrated reach -0.241
Evaluation evidence -0.285
Effectiveness -0.382
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
UK Peatland Code · 93
Coracle Inside — Secure In-Cell Digital Learning for UK Prisons · 92
London Living Wage Policy · 91
Mayor’s Regeneration Fund (MRF) · 91
GOV.UK Chat — the UK Government's Generative-AI Assistant for Citizen Guidance · 87
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