Policy Studies Institute

==History==
According to its own website:
:The Institute has a long and distinguished history. In its former guise of Political and Economic Planning (PEP), it drew up the blueprint for what became the National Health Service and the Race Relations Act. More recently, it has become respected for its agenda-setting work on young offenders, ethnic diversity, welfare and the labour market.
:PSI was formed in 1978 through the merger of Political and Economic Planning (PEP, established in 1931) and the Centre for Studies in Social Policy (CSSP, established in 1972).Source
:In 1998 it merged to become an independent subsidiary of the University of Westminster. PSI takes a politically neutral stance on issues of public policy and has no connections with any political party, commercial interest or pressure group. Source
This latter claim is rather undermined by the list of sponsors on a different page of their website - see below.
==People==
*Malcolm Rigg, Director
==Affiliations==
*All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change Group - Associate Member 
==Funding==
===Sponsors===
*Manpower
ESRC grant ref: r000223958
Forum for the Future (funded by BP Solar UK, the Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA), Eastern Group plc, the Energy Savings Trust, Greenpeace, Johnson Matthey, the Ashden Charitable Trust and the Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
Biffaward (with contributions from Corus and European Aluminium Association)
CABE
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
Defra Horizon Scanning Programme and the Treasury's Evidence-Based Policy Fund
Defra
Department for Education and Skills
Department for Work and Pensions (formerly Department for Social Security)
Department for Work and Pensions
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Employment Service
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
EPSRC (Sustainable Technologies Initiative/LINK Programme)
EPSRC(Supergen)
ESRC
European Commission DG Research
European Commission
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
National Audit Office
New Zealand Ministry of Social Development
Nuffield Foundation.
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Tyndall Centre
DTI
ACAS
Anglo-German Foundation
Better Government for Older People
Biffaward/Forum for the Future
CABE
Cambridge Econometrics/Environment Agency
Commission of the European Communities - Research Directorate-General
Countryside Agency
DEFRA
DEFRA/Sustainable Development Unit
Department for Education and Employment
Department for Education and Skills
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health
Department of Social Security
Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry
DETR
DfEE
DfES
DWP
DWP (through NCSR)
DWP
Eaga/Forum for the Future
Economic and Social Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
Employment Service
Enfield and Haringey Teenage Pregnancy Partnership
Environment Agency
EPSRC and the Carbon Trust
Equal Opportunities Commission
ESRC
ESRC
EU DG-Environment
EU
European Commission
European Commission : DG Employment
European Commission DG Environment
European Commission FP6
Forestry Commission
GHK International (European Commission)
GHK International (European Commission)
Goldsmiths College/DfEE
HEFCE
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Inland Revenue
INRA
John Lyon`s Charity and City Parochial Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
JRF
Leverhulme Foundation
Leverhulme
London Councils
NERC, EPSRC, ESRC
Norwegian Research Council
Nuffield
Office of Government Commerce
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
PREST/EU
Royal Society of Arts
Scottish Executive
Scottish Office
Small Business Service / Department of Trade and Industry / Acas
SPRU (Wellcome Trust)
Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress
UNESCAP
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