Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2016
Preceding agencies	Infrastructure UK; Major Projects Authority;
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	1 Horse Guards Road, London, United Kingdom
Agency executive	Nick Smallwood, Chief Executive;
Parent agency	Cabinet Office and HM Treasury
Website	IPA

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) is the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA sits at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The core teams include experts in infrastructure, project delivery and project finance who work with government departments and industry.

The IPA supports the successful delivery of all types of infrastructure and major projects; ranging from railways, schools, hospitals and housing, to defence, IT and major transformation programmes. The IPA leads the project delivery and project finance professions across government.

The IPA was formed in 2016 by the merger of Infrastructure UK (IUK) and the Major Projects Authority (MPA).^[1] The IPA Chief Executive was Tony Meggs until July 2019, when he was replaced by Nick Smallwood.^[2]

IUK was established in 2010 to support major infrastructure projects involving public sector capital; and the MPA was established in 2011 with a mandate to oversee and assure the largest government projects.

In December 2017 the IPA issued the Transforming Infrastructure Performance report aimed at achieving annual savings of £15 billion per year in infrastructure procurement by increasing collaboration and innovation. On 13 September 2021, a follow-up report, Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030, was published alongside the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline forecasting £650bn investment in UK infrastructure over the next decade.^[3]

In May 2024, ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Labour Party announced plans to merge the IPA with the National Infrastructure Commission in order to speed up the delivery of major infrastructure projects in the UK. The new body would be called the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Government creates new body to help manage and deliver major projects for UK economy - Press releases - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ "New Government Projects Chief Unveiled". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Policy paper: Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030 Published 13 September 2021". IPA. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ Labour vows to break ‘inertia’ of UK infrastructure delivery, Financial Times. 23 May 2024.
^ Gayne, Daniel (24 May 2024). "Labour would merge National Infrastructure Commission and Infrastructure and Projects Authority". Building. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

v t e Cabinet Office
Ministers	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister without Portfolio Leader of the House of Lords Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office
Civil Service	Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary
Ministerial departments	Office of the Leader of the House of Commons Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
Non-ministerial department	UK Statistics Authority
Executive agencies	Crown Commercial Service Government Property Agency
Non-departmental public bodies	Civil Service Commission Equality and Human Rights Commission Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Boundary Commission for England Boundary Commission for Wales Committee on Standards in Public Life House of Lords Appointments Commission Security Vetting Appeals Panel Senior Salaries Review Body
Other organisations	Commissioner for Public Appointments Government Car Service (Prime Ministerial Car) Government Equalities Office Government Estates Management Infrastructure and Projects Authority Office of the Parliamentary Counsel Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists Privy Council Office
Secretariats	Civil Contingencies Secretariat Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms Defence and Overseas Secretariat Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat
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v t e HM Treasury
Headquarters: 1, Horse Guards Road
Ministers	First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer / Second Lord of the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury* Paymaster General Financial Secretary to the Treasury Economic Secretary to the Treasury & City Minister Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Lords Commissioners of the Treasury*
Civil Service	Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
Non-ministerial departments	Government Actuary's Department National Savings and Investments
Executive agencies	Debt Management Office Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt Government Internal Audit Agency National Infrastructure Commission
Executive non-departmental public bodies	Office for Budget Responsibility
Other bodies	Crown Estate Infrastructure and Projects Authority Reclaim Fund Royal Mint UK Government Investments National Wealth Fund
Topics	Autumn Budget Budget day Spring Statement
Offices in italics are not currently in use * Sinecure offices nominally associated with the Treasury de facto held by Government Whips

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