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Monitoring of net zero innovation still lacks defined outcomes and clear success measures.
Recommendation
DESNZ, with other departments, has started to establish a process for monitoring progress systematically across the Framework but it is still to define what outcomes it is seeking to deliver. We were told that the Net Zero Innovation Board is starting to run a series of “deep dives” on each category in the Framework and DESNZ is developing a set of indicators for measuring progress.42 Many of the proposed programme indicators are output-focused rather than outcome-focused, such as the number of projects and organisations supported, rather than the number of business opportunities created or the potential for reductions in carbon emissions. This reflects the output-focused commitments in the delivery plan. The Innovation Delivery Board, with DESNZ, had yet to specify what interim measures of success might look like.43
Government Response
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Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Report
Seventy-Ninth Report - Support for innovation to deliver net zero
15 Nov 2023
HC 1331
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.8 yrs
Report published
15 Nov 2023