Authors and Acknowledgements

Authors

Johnny Runge, Megan Liskey, Beti Baraki – The Policy Institute at King’s College London 

Eva Kolker, Ailidh Finlayson – The Behavioural Insights Team 

Acknowledgements 

We would like to thank the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) for commissioning this research, and especially Sofi Nickson, Nick Forbes, Helen Miller-Bakewell and Graham Brennan for their guidance and support, which were instrumental in shaping it. We are particularly grateful for their invaluable contributions to the survey analysis and for facilitating feedback from the broader statistics community and the advisory groups. 

We appreciate the valuable insights provided by the project advisory group and public contributors whose feedback enriched the research and ensured that it was shaped by both expert and public perspectives. The project advisory group included Gail Rankin (OSR), Karen Tingay (Department for Business and Trade), Key Roy (independent researcher and former Head of Profession for Statistics), Shayda Kashef (Administrative Data Research UK) and Simon Whitworth (Ministry of Justice). The public contributors included Farheen Yameen, Rabia Faraz, Sarah Markham and Sara-Jane McAteer. 

Our thanks also go to all interview participants and survey respondents who generously took the time to speak to us about how they make personal decisions. 

Lastly, we are grateful to OSR – and particularly Director General Ed Humpherson – for championing statistics that serve the public good, and for investing in research to deepen our understanding of this topic. 

Any views or conclusions in this report are those of the authors from the Policy Institute at King’s College London and the Behavioural Insights Team, and do not necessarily reflect the views of OSR or any other parties.