Department for Transport’s accounting officer assessment summaries for the Government Major Projects Portfolio
Accounting officer assessment summaries for the Department for Transport’s (DfT) programmes and projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP).
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Departmental accounting officers must produce an assessment of all programmes and projects which form part of the GMPP.
Projects are assessed against 4 criteria:
- regularity
- propriety
- value for money
- feasibility
This page contains the accounting officer’s assessment summaries for DfT.
Updates to this page
Published 20 July 2020Last updated 30 July 2024 + show all updates
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Northern Powerhouse Rail accounting officer assessment summary (May 2024) and letter from DfT Permanent Secretary to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee added.
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A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: accounting officer assessment has been updated to reflect 2023 changes.
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Continuing investment in HS2 Phase 1: accounting officer assessment (October 2023) and letter to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee updated.
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Added Continuing investment in HS2 Phase 1: accounting officer assessment (October 2023) and letter from DfT Permanent Secretary to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.
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Added Lower Thames Crossing: accounting officer assessment (December 2022)
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Added A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project accounting officer assessment for October 2022.
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Added a summary on national rail contracts - tranche 1
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Addition of A12 Chelmsford to A12 Widening, A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet and A417 ‘Missing Link’ projects.
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Added accounting officer assessment for UK Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation (UKSAR2G).
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Added High Speed 2 (HS2) Crewe to Manchester: accounting officer assessment (April 2022).
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Added High Speed 2 (HS2) Crewe to Manchester: accounting officer assessment (January 2022).
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Added High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2a statement for (May 2021) and East West Rail, Connection Stage 1: accounting officer assessment (April 2021).
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