Vetting Transformation Programme
CO · CO_0028_2021-Q4 · Last reported March 2024
Department page: Cabinet Office
| Data as at | Rating | End date | Whole-life cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Red (NISTA's independent assessment) | 31 March 2023 | £20m (price basis not stated) |
Each year’s cost is shown with its price basis. Costs are not compared between years: the March 2024 and March 2025 reports state no price basis, and from March 2026 costs are in 2024/25 prices.
The department’s commentary
This is the department’s own commentary. It may use different prices from the table above, so its figures may not match.
March 2024
Rating: Compared to financial year 22/23-Q4, the Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating at 23/24-Q4 remained at Red. This is primarily due to the following factors. The UKSV Board, agreed that the programme should enter into a Infrastructure and Project Authority lead reset to ensure the programme has the right leadership, resources and cross government support._x000D_ _x000D_ A new Transformation Director has been recruited and has been appointed as Senior Responsible Owner for the programme as of January 2024, he is now leading the programme through the reset and into the mobilisation phase.
Schedule: Compared to financial year 22/23-Q4, the project's end-date at 23/24-Q4 remained schedule to finish on 2023-03-31. This is primarily due to the following factors. The Programmes delivery confidence remains RED and continues to be baselined against the Future Vetting System, that effectively closed down in 2021. An Outline Business Case was due to be submitted in September 2023, but did not proceed through internal governance. The UKSV Board, chaired by the Minister of State, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, agreed that the programme should enter into a Infrastructure and Project Authority lead reset to ensure the programme has the right leadership, resources and cross government support.
Cost: Compared to financial year 22/23-Q4, the project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 23/24-Q4 increased from 14m. to 20m. This is primarily due to the following factors. The whole life cost of the Vetting Transformation Programme has not been re-baselined since it was established in the programme approved SOC. This work is currently underway.
Source: IPA Annual Report 2023-24 (data)
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