OREANDA-NEWS. The government’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has published its annual report on major projects for 2015 to 2016. This is part of the government’s ongoing commitment to demonstrate progress towards completing major projects and to show how it spends taxpayers’ money to improve the public services they rely on most.

Read the Infrastructure and Projects Authority annual report 2015 to 2016.

The IPA was created when Infrastructure UK and the Major Projects Authority merged in January 2016. It provides central oversight by supporting departments, standardising assurance for ministers and providing transparency for taxpayers. It is the government’s centre of expertise for project development, financing, assurance and support.

The government has made significant progress on crucial projects that will improve transport, security and public services across the country. We have also successfully completed a number of projects during the last year. Projects which left the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) include major change programmes such as Electricity Market Reform and IT services such as Spine 2 which provides the critical infrastructure on which vital NHS applications depend. Less than 1% (0.25%) of the total value of all projects is rated red. However this does not mean that a project cannot be completed successfully, if prompt action is taken to address the main issues.