HO · HO_0034_2122-Q3 · Last reported March 2024
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| Data as at | Rating | End date | Whole-life cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Red (NISTA's independent assessment) | 31 March 2025 | £1,574m (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.
This is the department’s own commentary. It may use different prices from the table above, so its figures may not match.
Rating: The Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating at 23/24-Q4 is Red. This is primarily due to the following factors. The IPA Review in September 2023 returned a red rating for the Progrrame. The Programme has addressed recommendations from the IPA Review (September 2023) and Assurance of Action Plan (AAP) Review (November 2023). The Programme continues to progress delivery against our now agreed baselined plan and is actively managing any risks and issues that impact delivery confidence.
Schedule: The project's end-date at 23/24-Q4 is 2025-03-31. This is primarily due to the following factors. The scope is agreed with a baselined plan (for Release 2A) and critical path; and project plans in place. A Change Control Board is operating to manage and impact assess change requests.
Cost: The project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 23/24-Q4 is 1574m. This is primarily due to the following factors. Current whole life costs (WLC) align to the PBC approved by Investment Committee (F&IC) in January 2023. Work is currently underway to update the programmes Business case which factors in the implementation of the Illegal Migration Act (IMA), this will then provide an updated view on WLC.
Source: IPA Annual Report 2023-24 (data)
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