Asylum Support Accommodation Programme

Rating: Compared to financial year 24/25 Q4, the NISTA/SRO Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) at 2025/26 Q4 increased to Red. This reflects the findings of a recent Programme Assurance Review (PAR), which highlighted significant delivery complexity and sustained pressure across key enabling functions. A revised Business Transformation Delivery Model has been endorsed, representing a change in project definition and requiring a period of re‑planning and re‑baselining across the programme. The programme continues to work towards submission of the OBC1 (FACT) which the PAR team will return to assess, and subject to a successful review, the programme will return to an Amber status for the OBC to be reviewed at InvestCo. In January 26, the Bridging Accommodation & Services Project (BASP) was closed as its original aims were no longer achievable. Activity is underway to establish the Collective Accommodation Management Service (CAMS) project within the scope of ASAP.

Schedule: The programme end date remains 14 June 2030 and is unchanged, reflecting current delivery and transition assumptions. Project closure is scheduled for 21 December 2029, following delivery of the Hybrid, Cluster 4 milestone and the ASAP, Hybrid Mobilisation milestone. This is followed by an estimated transition period of approximately 5.5 months to business‑as‑usual operations, resulting in a programme closure date of June 2030. The ASAP Programme Plan has been approved and baselined, with further work undertaken to strengthen planning quality across all levels of the programme. Detailed resource requirements are being developed to provide a comprehensive view of demand across the programme. Change control processes have been refined and aligned with established governance arrangements under the Senior Responsible Owner, ensuring that the impacts of any changes to the delivery model are fully understood and managed. Work is also ongoing to ensure that the programme plan reflects the integration of key enabling functions required to support effective management control, underpinned by a comprehensive reporting framework.

Cost: Exempt under Section 43 - Commercial interests

Source: NISTA Major Projects Annual Report 2025-26 (data)

Rating: The Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating at 24/25-Q4 is AMBER. This is due to‚ Programme had a new SRO from February 2025. Although the initial resource constraints have been reduced the programme continues to require further resources as the programme grows including support for key enabler activities. Delivery Model Assessment (DMA) work is ongoing with the final report due for approval at the Programme Board on 03/06/2025. A planning workshop was held with enabling teams to reduce the forecasted Outline Business Case (OBC) delivery date to November 2025.

Schedule: The project's end-date at 24/25-Q4 is scheduled to be 14/06/2030. This is primarily due to the following factors‚ Project closure is currently scheduled for 27/12/29 following the delivery of the Hybrid - Cluster 4 milestone and the ASAP - Hybrid Mobilisation milestone. There is an assumption that the transition to BAU will be 5.5 months in duration following delivery of the Project Closure milestone, which has generated a Programme Closure milestone date of 14/06/30. *Please note that the current plans indicate 4 clusters of delivery, however, this is very likely to change based on the requirement to adapt the delivery approach due to the introduction of new and revised commercial practices and potential outputs from current market engagement. This may be reflected in the baselining of the plan following final HMT OBC approval.

Cost: The project's departmentally agreed Whole Life Cost at 24/25-Q4 (measured in £m) is 72079. This is primarily due to the following factors‚ This comprises of Programme costs up until 2029/30 FY and 10 year commercial contract costs up to 2038/39 FY - equating to around £6-7bn per annum.

Source: NISTA Annual Report 2024-25 (data)