Who is the study for?

Next Steps is carried out for several Government departments and led by the  Department for Education (previously known as the Department for Children, Schools and Families). The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are also involved. You can find out more about what these Government Departments do by going to their website here:

• www.education.gov.uk
• www.dwp.gov.uk
• www.bis.gov.uk

The Next Steps management team are based in the Department for Education (previously known as the Department for Children, Schools and Families).

Who carries out the interviews for the study?

Because we talk to such a large number of people, the interviews are actually carried out by two research agencies working together, both of them among the UK’s longest established and most respected agencies. They are:

TNS-BMRB	GfK NOP
www.tns-bmrb.co.uk	www.gfknop.co.uk

On the letters you have received about the study, there will have been a unique serial number. The online survey is hosted by TNS-BMRB. However if you completed the survey with an interviewer either over the telephone or in your home and your serial number starts with 1 3, 4 or 6, then your interviewer was from TNS-BMRB, if it starts with 2 or 5, then your interviewer was from GfK NOP.