Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 23
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Developing new evidence for claimant support via randomised control trials proves challenging and lengthy.
Conclusion
We asked the Department why its evidence base for its current model for supporting claimants is so old. The Department told us it is challenging to develop a new evidence base using randomised control trials, which it describes as the gold standard, bearing in mind how long it takes to carry out the trials and get the results.51