TWRI Policy and Research is a private company owned and operated by the former Manager of the Tyne & Wear Research and Information Service Dr Kadhem Jallab, a research and information service jointly run by the five Tyne & Wear district council's until its closure in September 2011 TWRI Policy and Research also liaise with national bodies, particularly with the Office for National Statistics, and central government departments on a variety of data issues affecting local authorities in England