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Secure School

MOJ · MOJ_0313_2324-Q3 · Last reported March 2024

Department page: Ministry of Justice

Data as atRatingEnd dateWhole-life cost
March 2024Amber (NISTA's independent assessment)1 October 2024£746m (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 Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating at 23/24-Q4 is Amber. This is primarily due to the following factors. This is the first time data has been published for this project, which has been added to GMPP over the last year. The Amber Delivery Confidence Assessment is driven by risks, due to the innovative nature of the secure school, and site challenges.

Schedule: The project's end-date at 23/24-Q4 is 2024-10-01. This is primarily due to the following factors. The project is on track to deliver against the baseline schedule.

Cost: The project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 23/24-Q4 is 746m. This is primarily due to the following factors. The Whole Life Costs are based on the most recent business case and include optimism bias.

Source: IPA Annual Report 2023-24 (data)

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