Acknowledgements

Social Policy in a Cold Climate is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation, with London-specific analysis funded by the Trust for London. We are grateful for the support and guidance they have extended us throughout the programme. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the funders. The authors would like to thank colleagues at CASE including Cheryl Conner, Bert Provan, Jane Dickson, Nick Warner and Joe Johannes (IT). We are also grateful to David Utting and Tom Smith for their support with the production of final outputs, to Howard Glennerster for his advice throughout the SPCC prject, and to members of our external advisory group and the Social Policy in a Cold Climate team for their comments and guidance. We are also particularly grateful to Ellie Suh for here work on mental health data using Health Survey for England, and on barriers to health using European Qualtiy of Life Survey data. The authors would particularly like to thank Professor Professor Howard Glennerster, Professor Julian Le Grand (LSE) and John Appelby (Kings Fund) for helpful and detailed comments and suggestions which made an important contribution to the development of this paper. Responsibilit