The Department is not sufficiently transparent about the impact and take-up of its schemes at a local level. We recognise that good-quality evaluations can be challenging to deliver, and that measuring the impact of a programme can take years. We are pleased that the Department is developing its plans to evaluate its new support schemes. However, we also know that the Department’s evaluations of its employment support for disabled people are behind schedule. Without clear evidence about what programmes are effective, it becomes more difficult for the Department to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources. While the Department does publish some selective statistics on some of its support schemes, these are not sufficiently timely, regular or detailed enough about aspects of performance such as local take-up of schemes to fully serve accountability and public trust. Recommendation: The Department should produce a quarterly statistical publication and regular data updates on measures such as the take-up, participation among different groups, and job outcomes of its schemes including at a granular, local level. We will be questioning the Department on what progress it has made when it next appears before us in September.