Government Major Projects Portfolio
{{Short description|United Kingdom government list of large-scale public sector projects}}
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The Government Major Projects Portfolio is a collection of large-scale developments under the control of the Government of the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |date=24 July 2020 |title=Major projects in government |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/major-projects-government |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018164121/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/major-projects-government |archive-date=18 October 2023 |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=Institute for Government |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=15 July 2021 |title=Major projects data |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/major-projects-data |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}
History
The portfolio was established in 2013.{{Cite news |last=Mari |first=Angelica |date=6 January 2022 |title=Government cans electronic monitoring overhaul |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511657/Government-cans-electronic-monitoring-overhaul |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106101210/https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511657/Government-cans-electronic-monitoring-overhaul |archive-date=6 January 2022 |access-date=27 May 2025 |work=Computer Weekly}} Originally, the portfolio was managed by the Major Projects Austhority, until it was merged with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in 2016.{{Cite web |title=Major Projects Authority |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/major-projects-authority |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231230219/https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/major-projects-authority |archive-date=31 December 2021 |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}
The functions of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority were transferred to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority in April 2025.{{cite news |last1=Gayne |first1=Daniel |date=24 May 2024 |title=Labour would merge National Infrastructure Commission and Infrastructure and Projects Authority |url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/labour-pledges-to-merge-nic-and-ipa-if-elected-in-infrastructure-shake-up/5129597.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524105937/https://www.building.co.uk/news/labour-pledges-to-merge-nic-and-ipa-if-elected-in-infrastructure-shake-up/5129597.article |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Building}}{{cite news |last1=Dunton |first1=Jim |date=17 December 2024 |title=Treasury offers £200k a year for new infrastructure body chief |url=https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/treasury-offers-200k-a-year-for-new-infrastructure-body-chief |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213000006/https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/treasury-offers-200k-a-year-for-new-infrastructure-body-chief |archive-date=13 February 2025 |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Civil Service World}}
Projects
- government transformation and service delivery
- military capability
- infrastructure and construction
- information and communication technology
As of 2025, 68 of the 227 schemes in the portfolio are infrastructure and construction schemes.{{Cite news |last=Gayne |first=Daniel |date=20 January 2025 |title=New hospitals programme and HS2 are ‘unachievable’, says IPA |url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/new-hospitals-programme-and-hs2-are-unachievable-says-ipa/5133895.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120201240/https://www.building.co.uk/news/new-hospitals-programme-and-hs2-are-unachievable-says-ipa/5133895.article |archive-date=20 January 2025 |access-date=27 May 2025 |work=Building}}
Projects are rated according to a "Red, Amber and Green" traffic light-style scheme to indicate how likely they are to succeed.{{Cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Caroline |date=29 July 2022 |title=IPA revises review of HMRC’s £300m datacentre migration |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523316/IPA-revises-review-of-HMRCs-300m-datacentre-migration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327003848/https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523316/IPA-revises-review-of-HMRCs-300m-datacentre-migration |archive-date=27 March 2023 |access-date=27 May 2025 |work=Computer Weekly}}
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