Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 6
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Control Period funding mechanism provides certainty but experiences uneven spending and contracting delays.
Conclusion
The five-year funding settlement provided through the Control Period process, which is set to be continued through Funding Period Reviews, gives a reasonable degree of certainty and visibility of spend on operations, maintenance and renewals. Nonetheless, the mechanism could be improved. Spending profiles for particular categories of work can be uneven and delays to contracting at the start of a new Control Period can cause damaging uncertainty. It is apparent that industry experienced significant disruption to volumes of work and continuity of contracting at the beginning of Control Period 7. (Conclusion, Paragraph 58)
Government Response
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