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Washington Embassy Refurbishment

FCDO · FCO_0011_1718-Q3 · Last reported March 2024

Department page: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Data as atRatingEnd dateWhole-life cost
March 2024Green (the department's own assessment)30 September 2024£160m (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: The Senior Responsible Owner's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating at 23/24-Q4 is Green. This is primarily due to the following factors. Project has now completed

Schedule: The project's end-date at 23/24-Q4 is 2024-09-30. This is primarily due to the following factors. Original programme set pre-Covid and revised to take account of subsequent delays/supply chain issues

Cost: Compared to financial year 22/23-Q4, the project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 23/24-Q4 increased from 122m. to 160m. This is primarily due to the following factors. Whole Life Cost revised post Covid. Project completed on track

Source: IPA Annual Report 2023-24 (data)

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