The Government Major Projects Portfolio is the list of the largest and riskiest projects departments run. Each March the departments report every project’s whole-life cost, its end date and a delivery confidence rating of Red, Amber or Green, and the government’s projects authority (the IPA until 2025, now NISTA) publishes them.
From March 2026 costs are in 2024/25 prices. The reports for March 2024 and March 2025 do not say what price basis their costs use, and some departments used their own (HS2’s costs were in 2019 prices), so each year’s cost is shown with its basis and costs are not compared between years.
261 projects since March 2024 · 189 in the March 2026 report
WORKPLACE SERVICES TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: Low: 31/03/2025, Mid: 30/04/2025, High: 31/05/2025 · Last reported March 2025
Warm Homes Agency · Red (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: 31 December 2027
Warm Homes: Local Grant · Amber (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: 1 September 2028
CCUS · Exempt under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests) - Commercial interests. · End date: 31 December 2030 · Last reported March 2024
Free Breakfast Clubs · Exempt under Section 35 - Formulation of government policy · End date: Exempt under Section 35 - Formulation of government policy
Lifelong Learning Entitlement · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: Low: 31/03/2027, Mid: 31/03/2027, High: 31/03/2036
School Rebuilding Programme · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: Exempt under Section 22 - Information intended for future publication
School-based nurseries · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: 28 September 2029
T-Levels · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: 1 September 2028
HIGHER TECHNICAL EDUCATION · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: Low: 30/05/2025, Mid: 30/05/2025, High: 30/05/2025 · Last reported March 2025
EAST WEST RAIL CONNECTION STATE 1 · Exempt under Section 43 - Commercial interests, Section 35 - Formulation of government policy · End date: Exempt under Section 35 - Formulation of government policy, Section 43 - Commercial interests
HS2 PHASE I · Red (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: The GMPP project is still at the planning stage (Pre-SOC or equivalent) and is not yet in a position to provide cost/schedule information
LOWER THAMES CROSSING · Amber (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: 31 July 2035
MIDLANDS RAIL HUB · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: 31 December 2040
Rail Reform: Stand-Up of GBR · Red (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: Exempt under Section 22 - Information intended for future publication, The GMPP project is still at the planning stage (Pre-SOC or equivalent) and is not yet in a position to provide cost/schedule information
A12 CHELMSFORD TO A120 WIDENING · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: Section 22 - Information intended for future publication · Last reported March 2025
A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down · Amber (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: ARMP adjustments - Project not yet in a position to give cost/schedule · Last reported March 2024
Midland Main Line Programme · Green (the department's own assessment) · End date: 31 December 2024 · Last reported March 2024
RAIL SECTOR TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME · Amber (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: The GMPP project is still at the planning stage (Pre-SOC or equivalent) and is not yet in a position to provide cost/schedule information · Last reported March 2025
RAPID CHARGING FUND · Section 22 - Information intended for future publication · End date: 30 April 2028 · Last reported March 2025
UK Health Security Campus · Exempt under Section 35 - Formulation of government policy · End date: Exempt under Section 35 - Formulation of government policy
AI Labs · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: 31 March 2024 · Last reported March 2024
BUILDING SAFETY REGULATOR · Green (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: Low: 31/03/2025, Mid: 31/03/2025, High: 31/03/2025 · Last reported March 2025
CONTINUING THE MOVE TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT · Green (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: Low: 31/03/2025, Mid: 31/03/2025, High: 31/03/2025 · Last reported March 2025
MARITIME CAPABILITIES REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME · The GMPP project is still at the planning stage (Pre-SOC or equivalent) and is not yet in a position to provide cost/schedule information · End date: The GMPP project is still at the planning stage (Pre-SOC or equivalent) and is not yet in a position to provide cost/schedule information
New Plan for Immigration · Red (NISTA's independent assessment) · End date: 31 March 2025 · Last reported March 2024
PASSPORT TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: Low: 31/07/2025, Mid: 31/07/2025, High: 31/07/2025 · Last reported March 2025
Targeted Interception Services Programme · Exempt under Section 31 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Law enforcement) · End date: Exempt under Section 31 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Law enforcement) · Last reported March 2024
JOINT CRYPT KEY PROGRAMME · Exempt under Section 23 - Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters · End date: Exempt under Section 23 - Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters
MARTLET · Green (the department's own assessment) · End date: 19 December 2025 · Last reported March 2025
METEOR · Amber (the department's own assessment) · End date: 31 December 2048 · Last reported March 2025
Project Bramley · Exempt under Section 24 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (National security) · End date: Exempt under Section 24 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (National security) · Last reported March 2024
SEA VENOM · Green (the department's own assessment) · End date: 21 December 2029 · Last reported March 2025