Recommendation 11

The problems on the Ajax programme were exacerbated by inadequate governance and programme management failures. The current senior responsible owner, appointed in October 2021, is the first to be full-time, although his corporate responsibilities take up about 5% of his time. The Department said that his role as head of its SRO profession helped with his Ajax role but, if necessary, he could step back from that corporate role to focus exclusively on Ajax.23