Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the exemptions in his Department's Guidance on using the Evaluation Registry do not unduly limit scrutiny of Government interventions.

The Evaluation Task Force continues to work with Departments to ensure good quality, proportionate evaluation of all policies, programmes and projects is carried out. The guidance on exemptions to using the Evaluation Registry has not changed since the Rt Honourable member was a minister in the department.