Strategic commercial interventions: evaluation guidance

1. Purpose

The purpose of this guidance is to embed best practice evaluation within Scottish Government (SG) policy relating to strategic commercial investments. It is intended to provide an easily digestible summary of the key guidance on the best practice approach to evaluation as set out in HM Treasury’s Magenta Book and Green Book and the Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM) and make it relevant to strategic commercial investments.

This guidance sets out the purpose of evaluation and its role in the policy cycle, the key components of evaluation, and provides guidance on key issues to consider including timing and resourcing. A summary checklist is provided in Annex 1.