Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181665 on Universal Credit: Children, what process his Department uses to assess the value for money of policies on which it does not collect data.

The DWP Evaluation Strategy sets out our approach for ensuring that our evaluation work delivers high quality evidence on the right questions at the right time. It covers all types of evaluation – process, impact and value for money.