The Department told us that it produces information monitoring progress on the resources and waste strategy annually53 It told us that it has an evaluation programme in place to develop new measures and the supporting data as well as research to fill in gaps in its data.54 51 Committee of Public Accounts, Government actions to combat waste crime, Eighteenth Report of Session 2022–23, HC 33, 19 October 2022 52 Qq 67–68 53 Q 71; Correspondence from Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, 21 September 2023 54 Q 71 Government’s programme of waste reforms 17