Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Agency overview
Formed 1 January 2016
Preceding agency
  • Infrastructure UK and Major Projects Authority
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
Headquarters 1 Horse Guards Road, London, United Kingdom
Agency executive
  • Tony Meggs, 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 lead 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 is Tony Meggs.

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 it issued the Transforming Infrastructure Performance report aimed at achieving annual savings of £15 billion per year in infrastructure procurement by increasing collaboration and innovation.

References

  1. ↑ "Government creates new body to help manage and deliver major projects for UK economy - Press releases - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
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