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the

Committee papers should (unless it has

has been agreed with

Treasury that the circumstances are exceptional)

state what is to be achieved, by when, at what cost and

how it is to be measured. However there are also ongoing

policies which managers want to evaluate or to evaluate

more systematically than they may have done in the past.

Sometimes therefore it may be necessary to plan and mount

an evaluation in mid-stream.

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Whichever approach is needed, policy managers should

see it as their responsibility that their plan is written

discussed with their own managers and subordinates

specialist and if necessary with /advisers, and settled. A chart

down,

is often useful at this stage. Most good evaluation

plans will do the following

a

divide

the expected evaluation work into

different stages. When it is expected that certain

things should have been

achieved? At what stages

would it be sensible to

review progress? On the

more likely to be

whole the earlier stages are

concerned with inputs and the latest stages with

efficiency and effectiveness;

b

describe the questions which should be tackled

at each stage and how answers might be looked for;

C

consider

-

and if necessary budget for -

the resources likely to be required, including such

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