Tom Watson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2016-09-13.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current work priorities are of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.

Ben Gummer

The IPA was formed on 01 January 2016, merging the existing Cabinet Office Major Projects Authority and HM Treasury’s Infrastructure UK. The IPA reports jointly to HMT and the Cabinet Office – and brings together the strengths of both departments – increasing co-operation and alignment in the centre of government on infrastructure and major projects.

The Authority’s 6 key priorities are;

1. To set the right policy environment for projects to succeed
2. To give the market confidence to deliver
3. To ensue projects and programmes are set up for success from the outset
4. To ensure projects and programmes deliver their intended benefits
5. To promote the right operating environment for project delivery
6. To developing world-class project delivery & project finance capabilities across government