The Home office must publish an interim evaluation of the devolved decision-making pilot for children by January 2024, and thereafter a full evaluation of all phases of the Pilot by June 2024. If the outcomes are successful, all decision making for children must be transferred to local authorities within one year of the publication of the evaluation report.

The Home office must publish an interim evaluation of the devolved decision-making pilot for children by January 2024, and thereafter a full evaluation of all phases of the Pilot by June 2024. If the outcomes are successful, all decision making for children must be transferred to local authorities within one year of the publication of the evaluation report. Type: conclusion | Number: 91 | Paragraph: 271 | Response status: partially_accepted Government response: 105. An evaluation of the devolved decision-making pilot was conducted during the first year of the pilot (June 2021-June 2022) and was used to inform the pilot policy and make changes ahead of pilot expansion in early 2023. We remain committed to continue testing a devolved approach to decision- ma