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Thirty-Second Report - Delivering value from government investment in major projects
Public Accounts Committee
HC 456
Published 15 May 2024
Recommendations
4
Accepted
Submit analysis of skills shortage risks to government's infrastructure project portfolio.
Recommendation
Government departments and the broader economy lack the necessary skills and capacity to deliver the government’s ambitious portfolio of major infrastructure projects. The UK’s projected spend on infrastructure projects over the next five years is very high—unprecedented, according to the …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees to the recommendation and will provide further detail to the Committee in December, aligning with a target implementation date of December 2025.
HM Treasury
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5
Accepted
Outline plans to incentivise departments to populate IPA benchmarking hub with project data.
Recommendation
The IPA’s plans to improve the quality of government’s cost estimates of major projects have taken too long to implement. We have examined many projects Delivering value from government investment in major projects 7 where early cost estimates have proved …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation and will provide further detail to the Committee in December, consistent with the target implementation date.
HM Treasury
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