In 2021, the Government set up a joint Evaluation Task Force to support evaluation of policies and programmes across government.36 The Head of the Evaluation Task Force told us that only 8% of all government major projects and plans have a robust evaluation plan in place and as a result there is still limited evidence about what works. HM Treasury claimed it has assessed approximately 300 evaluation plans covering around £140 billion of 30 C&AG’s Report, para 19 31 C&AG’s Report, paras 19, 3.4 32 Q 67; C&AG’s Report, para 3.4 33 C&AG’s Report, para 19 34 Q 81 35 Qq 67, 68 36 C&AG’s Report, paras 16 and 3.8 Cross-government working 11 spend.37 It told us how it made greater use of its powers, requiring departments to include plans for evaluations as part of the 2020 Spending Review. However, it recognises that more needs to be done to see fundamental change and successfully embed the importance of robust evaluation across government.38 The Head of the Evaluation Task Force told us that plans are in place to “keep pushing” by developing more toolkits, and making things “more practical” by continuing to demonstrate what departments have already done.39