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DfT major projects: appointment letters for Senior Responsible Owners (SROs)

DfT appointment letters for Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) Senior Responsible Owners.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 29 October 2015
• Last updated: 31 July 2026
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  1. 31 July 2026

     A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project SRO appointment letter added.

  2. 1 May 2026

     Heathrow Expansion Programme SRO appointment letter added.

  3. 9 March 2026

     Transpennine Route Upgrade programme SRO appointment letter updated.

  4. 15 December 2025

     Lower Thames Crossing SRO appointment letter added.

  5. 26 March 2025

     Public Ownership Transition Programme SRO appointment letter added.

  6. 24 March 2025

     East West Rail CS1 SRO appointment letter added.

  7. 5 February 2025

     Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation programme (UKSAR2G) SRO appointment letter updated.

  8. 20 February 2024

     HS2 Programme SRO appointment letter added.

  9. 11 April 2023

     Added SRO appointment letters for the Rail Transformation Programme and A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project

  10. 28 March 2023

      Senior responsible owner appointments for A12, A417 and Midlands rail hub.

  11. 23 March 2023

      Northern Powerhouse Rail programme's SRO appointment letter added.

  12. 3 March 2023

      Added in Senior Responsible Owner for the Rail Passenger Services programme appointment letter and removed previous Rail Passenger Services response to COVID-19 letter.

  13. 15 December 2022

      New appointments of Nick Bisson to the East Coast Main Line enhancements programme and Cavendish Elithorn to the Midland Main Line programme announced.

  14. 13 July 2022

      Added Rapid Charging Fund project's SRO appointment letter.

  15. 21 April 2022

      Added East Coast digital railway programme's SRO appointment letter.

  16. 23 December 2021

      Added senior responsible owner appointment letter for the rail transformation programme.

  17. 11 August 2021

      Release of Lower Thames crossing and passenger services response to COVID-19 senior responsible owners appointment letters.

  18. 17 June 2021

      April and May 2021 appointment letters for A303, Crossrail, East West Rail, Great Western Route Modernisation Programme, HS2, Thameslink, Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation programme, Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme, Brighton Mainline Upgrade Programme and A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme.

  19. 2 April 2019

      Reappointment of Heathrow Expansion programme’s senior responsible officer letter released.

  20. 31 January 2019

      Updated SRO letter for East West Rail programme.

  21. 31 May 2018

      Senior Responsible Owner appointment letter for the high speed rail programme.

  22. 20 July 2017

      New Senior Responsible Owners appointment letters for north of England, Great Western route, Midland Mainline, east west rail, south west route and airport capacity.

  23. 21 September 2016

      New Senior Responsible Owners appointment letters for Crossrail, Intercity express and Thameslink.

  24. 29 October 2015

      First published.

Documents

A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project SRO appointment letter

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Heathrow Expansion programme SRO appointment letter

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Transpennine Route Upgrade programme SRO appointment letter

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Lower Thames Crossing SRO appointment letter

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Public Ownership Transition Programme SRO appointment letter

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HS2 Programme SRO appointment letter

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A66 National Highways SRO appointment letter

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Rail Transformation Programme SRO appointment letter

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Midlands Rail Hub programme SRO appointment letter

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A12 Chemsford to A120 SRO appointment letter

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A417 Air Balloon 'Missing Link' project SRO appointment letter

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Northern Powerhouse Rail programme SRO appointment letter

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Rail Passenger Services programme SRO appointment letter

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East Coast Main Line enhancement programme SRO appointment letter

PDF, 159 KB, 6 pages

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Midland Main Line programme SRO appointment letter

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Rapid Charging Fund project SRO appointment letter

PDF, 275 KB, 6 pages

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East Coast digital railway programme SRO appointment letter

PDF, 175 KB, 5 pages

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A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down SRO appointment letter

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A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme SRO appointment letter

PDF, 413 KB, 5 pages

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Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation programme (UKSAR2G) SRO appointment letter

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Brighton Mainline Upgrade Programme SRO appointment letter

PDF, 320 KB, 5 pages

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Crossrail project SRO appointment letter

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East West Rail programme CS1 SRO appointment letter

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Great Western route modernisation programme SRO appointment letter

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Thameslink programme SRO appointment letter

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South West route capacity programme SRO appointment letter

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A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement programme SRO appointment letter: addendum

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A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement programme SRO appointment letter

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Details

The guidance for officials giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees, known as the Osmotherly Rules, was updated on the 17 October 2014. As part of this update government is committed to publishing GMPP SRO letters of appointment.

Each government department publishes the letters of appointment for their GMPP SROs. These letters include the date of appointment, project deliverables, the tenure of the role linked to key project milestones and the extent and limit of their accountability.