The Ministry of Defence's (MOD's) strategy to embed proportionate
evaluation, improve evidence use and strengthen value-for-money
decisions across Defence by 2030.
From: Ministry of Defence
Published: 5 August 2026
Documents
MOD Evaluation Strategy to
2030
PDF, 366
KB, 23 pages
Details
This document sets out MOD's Evaluation Strategy to 2030,
explaining how Defence will strengthen the way it plans, delivers
and uses evaluation. It describes why better evaluation matters
for major projects, policies and reforms, and how stronger
evidence can improve decision-making, delivery learning,
accountability and value for money.
Readers will find a clear strategic framework covering MOD's
evaluation vision, intended outcomes, theory of change, scope and
prioritisation model. The document explains how interventions
should be assigned to proportionate evaluation tiers, how
evaluation should be embedded across the project lifecycle, and
how evidence should be used in business cases, approvals,
portfolio reviews and strategic planning.
The strategy also provides practical detail on governance, roles
and responsibilities, design standards, capability-building,
transparency and implementation. It is intended for senior
leaders, analysts, programme teams, commissioners and policy
professionals who need to understand MOD's expectations for
high-quality, proportionate evaluation and how these expectations
will be tracked through to 2030.
