Acknowledgements vii Acknowledgements The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions(DWP)to carry out this study of discrimination. The authors would like to thank Pauline Heather,Del Jenkins and David Johnson at DWP for their identification of the need for such an approach and their support and guidance throughout the study. Special thanks to the operations team at NatCen's Brentwood office who developed the thousands of applications sent during the study:Neil Barton, Ed Garstin,Sarah Allcock,Becky Aldridge,Debbie Bagheri,Pete Baker, Alexis Bassett,Carol Bell,Bryan Mason,Kalpna Moore,Chris Shaw and Elise Yarrow.Thanks too to Christianah lyaniwura and Yachien Huang. Sir Roger Jowell and Professor Anthony Heath acted as advisors to the project,and our thanks to them for their valuable guidance.Acknowledgements vii Acknowledgements The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to carry out this study of discrimination. The authors would like to thank Pauline Heather, Del Jenkins and David Johnson at DWP for their identification of the need for such an approach and their support and guidance throughout the study. Special thanks to the operations team at NatCen’s Brentwood office who developed the thousands of applications sent during the study: Neil Barton, Ed Garstin, Sarah Allcock, Becky Aldridge, Debbie Bagheri, Pete Baker, Alexis Bassett, Carol Bell, Bryan Mason, Kalpna Moore, Chris Shaw and Elise Yarrow. Thanks too to Christianah Iyaniwura and Yachien Huang. Sir Roger Jowell and Professor Anthony Heath acted as advisors to the project, and our thanks to them for their valuable guidance