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Evaluation Strategies from UK government departments

The Evaluation Task Force showcases evaluation strategies from departments to demonstrate our commitment to government reform.

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Published
4 July 2022
Last updated
4 November 2024 — See all updates

Why publish an Evaluation Strategy?

Evaluation strategies set out a department’s commitment to undertake and learn from evaluation activity. Evaluation is a key part of good policy making in a learning environment.

Published evaluation strategies demonstrate a public commitment to undertaking high-quality and appropriate evaluation, which helps build stakeholder and public trust in policymaking, promote efficiency in public expenditure, and demonstrate transparency.

What is an Evaluation Strategy?

An Evaluation Strategy sets out a department’s strategic commitment to evaluation, including:

  • the department’s vision and overarching goals for evaluation;

  • the department’s approach to identifying and prioritising areas for evaluation activity;

  • how the department uses evaluation results;

  • a commitment to robust evaluation methods, with experimental methods, considered the default; and

  • commitments to the timely publication of evaluation plans (including communication plans) and trial protocols, results, and datasets.

List of Evaluation Strategies from Government Departments and Arms Length Bodies

Office for National Statistics evaluation strategy

6 July 2022

UK Research and Innovation evaluation strategy

04 November 2024

Food Standards Agency evaluation strategy

21 September 2022

Crown Prosecution Service evaluation strategy

7 December 2022

Updates to this page

Published 4 July 2022
Last updated 4 November 2024 + show all updates

  1. UKRI's evaluation strategy has been added to this page.

  2. Desnz monitoring and evaluation framework has been added

  3. DEFRA Evaluation Strategy has been added

  4. The Cabinet Office Evaluation Strategy 2023 - 2024 has been added to this collection.

  5. Added Ministry of Defence Evaluation Strategy.

  6. MOJ Evaluation and Prototyping Strategy added to the collection.

  7. Home Office Evaluation Strategy has been added to the collection.

  8. HM Treasury has published their evaluation strategy on 30 March 2023.

  9. DWP Evaluation Strategy added.

  10. Added link to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) evaluation strategy.

  11. Added link to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) evaluation strategy.

  12. Added a link to the DCMS Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy, published on 10 November.

  13. The collection now includes evaluation strategies of BEIS and HMRC.

  14. This document collection now includes ONS's evaluation strategy.

  15. First published.

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