Stakeholders who sit on ABFO told the National Audit Office that without performance measures they had found it difficult to understand progress at a national level and for different groups of women. They reported that this had limited the ABFO’s ability to hold the Ministry to account.53 Ministers attended the ABFO so the stakeholders who were members were able to contribute to developing their understanding of women’s experiences of the CJS and how best to improve outcomes.54 It appears that stakeholders will have a diminished role in the new governance arrangements as specialist providers of women’s services will no longer be members of the board.55 Monitoring, evaluation and disseminating good practice