We welcome the IPA’s plans to strengthen how it assures government’s major projects and the recent clarification of it roles and responsibilities, but it remains to be seen whether the IPA will be able to effectively ensure those delivering projects make the level of improvement required. In the past, we have raised concerns that the IPA is not sufficiently independent of government to confidently challenge it, being both a champion of government project delivery as well as being responsible ...

We welcome the IPA’s plans to strengthen how it assures government’s major projects and the recent clarification of it roles and responsibilities, but it remains to be seen whether the IPA will be able to effectively ensure those delivering projects make the level of improvement required. In the past, we have raised concerns that the IPA is not sufficiently independent of government to confidently challenge it, being both a champion of government project delivery as well as being responsible for assuring it. The IPA recognises that while its gateway review process for assuring projects at key decision points is good, it has not always been ap Type: conclusion | Number: 3 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: August 2021 3.2 In 2020, the IPA worked across government to ensure that every project that meets the eligibility criteria is included in the GMPP, which has led to an