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DESNZ told us that it nevertheless believes that “there is some tangible evidence on improvement” and that “the overall direction of travel on project delivery is improving at the site”.36 Four of the five major projects which have been approved since 2018 are on track to be completed in line with the project team’s expectations when the project was originally approved.37 Additionally, the Infrastructure and Projects 32 Committee of Public Accounts, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: risk reduction at Sellafield, Sixty–Fifth Report of session 2017 –2019, HC 1375, 31 October 2018 33 Committee of Public Accounts, Oral evidence: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, HC 1375, 16 July 2018, Qq 20–21 34 Committee of Public Accounts, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: risk reduction at Sellafield, Sixty–Fifth Report of session 2017 –2019, HC 1375, 31 October 2018 35 C&AG’s report, para 2.6 36 Q 74 37 C&AG’s report, Figure 6 13 Authority has given two of the projects a ‘Green’ rating two years running.38 This means that “successful delivery of the project on time, budget and quality appears highly likely”; only 11% of government major projects were in this position at March 2024.39