How will the basic income pilot scheme for care leavers be evaluated?
The Basic Income Pilot for Care Leavers in Wales will be subject to a dynamic evaluation which will be externally commissioned. It is not a randomised control trial and there will not be a control group amongst this cohort. However, we recognise the value of having a comparator against which the impact of the pilot can be considered. Consideration of an appropriate comparator group is underway, taking into account the vulnerabilities of care-experienced young people, as well as scoping what is possible methodologically.
It is proposed that the evaluation will consist of process / implementation, impact and value-for-money elements, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative methods. The intention is to provide a rich, insightful and multi-faceted evaluation. However it is worth noting at the outset that many of the longer-term impacts will take some time to manifest and so will not be possible to measure during the course of the pilot.