Government 'needs better data' over infrastructure investment, says NAO

By Will Ing2018-10-19T06:00:00

Report published today suggests Infrastructure Projects Authority should better measure benefits of projects

The government has been urged to be more transparent by the National Audit Office and do a better job of tracking the benefits of major infrastructure projects.

The Government Major Projects Portfolio was created in 2011, and as of last year had developed 133 projects with a cost of £420bn and planned benefits of £650bn.

But for the 302 projects which have left the portfolio since its inception, the Infrastructure Projects Authority “does not have complete data on the reasons why they had left and what they had delivered by the time of their departure,” according to a NAO report published yesterday.

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