Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans for the statutory guidance prescribed in Clause 37 of the Children and Social Work Bill to set out minimum standards for monitoring and evaluation.

The statutory guidance provided for in Clause 37 of the Children and Social Work Bill will contain expectations for monitoring and evaluation of pilots. The Government has committed to publically consult on this guidance.

All pilots will be closely monitored and evaluated. The specific monitoring and evaluation arrangements for any given pilot will be agreed as part of the application, and tailored to the particular details of a pilot. This will include an agreement about conditions under which a pilot would be ended.

The expert advisory panel will provide published advice on the proposed monitoring and evaluation arrangements of all pilots to ensure they are robust. Information about monitoring and evaluation of pilots will also be contained in the explanatory report, which will accompany regulations laid in Parliament.