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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).

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 20 July 2020
• Last updated: 19 May 2026
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  1. 19 May 2026

     Added High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase One: decision to continue delivery following programme reset – Accounting Officer Assessment summary (May 2026)

  2. 26 February 2026

     Lower Thames Crossing Project accounting officer assessment added.

  3. 14 January 2026

     Northern Powerhouse Rail: Millington to Manchester alignment for the route between Liverpool and Manchester - accounting officer assessment summary (January 2025) added.

  4. 30 January 2025

     High Speed 2 (HS2) rail: contract award decision for rail systems contract – accounting officer assessment summary (December 2024) added.

  5. 30 July 2024

     Northern Powerhouse Rail accounting officer assessment summary (May 2024) and letter from DfT Permanent Secretary to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee added.

  6. 27 November 2023

     A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: accounting officer assessment has been updated to reflect 2023 changes.

  7. 15 November 2023

     Continuing investment in HS2 Phase 1: accounting officer assessment (October 2023) and letter to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee updated.

  8. 5 October 2023

     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.

  9. 6 January 2023

     Added Lower Thames Crossing: accounting officer assessment (December 2022)

  10. 26 October 2022

      Added A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project accounting officer assessment for October 2022.

  11. 30 September 2022

      Added a summary on national rail contracts - tranche 1

  12. 23 September 2022

      Addition of A12 Chelmsford to A12 Widening, A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet and A417 ‘Missing Link’ projects.

  13. 15 August 2022

      Added accounting officer assessment for UK Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation (UKSAR2G).

  14. 22 June 2022

      Added High Speed 2 (HS2) Crewe to Manchester: accounting officer assessment (April 2022).

  15. 24 January 2022

      Added High Speed 2 (HS2) Crewe to Manchester: accounting officer assessment (January 2022).

  16. 16 June 2021

      Added High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2a statement for (May 2021) and East West Rail, Connection Stage 1: accounting officer assessment (April 2021).

  17. 20 July 2020

      First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 1: decision to continue delivery following programme reset – Accounting Officer Assessment summary (May 2026)

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Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) accounting officer assessment summary (February 2026)

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Northern Powerhouse Rail: Millington to Manchester alignment for the route between Liverpool and Manchester - accounting officer assessment summary (January 2026)

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High Speed 2 (HS2) rail: contract award decision for rail systems contract – accounting officer assessment summary (December 2024)

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Northern Powerhouse Rail: accounting officer assessment summary (May 2024)

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Northern Powerhouse Rail: accounting officer assessment summary (May 2024) – letter from DfT Permanent Secretary to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee

PDF, 231 KB, 2 pages

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Continuing investment in HS2 Phase 1: accounting officer assessment (October 2023)

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Continuing investment in HS2 Phase 1: accounting officer assessment (October 2023) – letter from DfT Permanent Secretary to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee

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Lower Thames Crossing: accounting officer assessment (December 2022)

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A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project accounting officer assessment (October 2022)

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National rail contracts - tranche 1

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A12 Chelmsford to A12 Widening: accounting officer assessment (September 2022)

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A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: accounting officer assessment (October 2023)

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A417 ‘Missing Link’: accounting officer assessment (April 2022)

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UK second-generation search and rescue aviation (UKSAR2G): accounting officer assessment (March 2021)

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High Speed 2 (HS2) Crewe to Manchester: accounting officer assessment (April 2022)

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High Speed 2 (HS2) Crewe to Manchester: accounting officer assessment (January 2022)

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High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2a revised delivery arrangements: accounting officer assessment (May 2021)

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High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2a: accounting officer assessment (June 2017)

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East Coast Digital Programme: accounting officer assessment (July 2020)

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A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Highways England): accounting officer assessment (September 2019)

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High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase One Notice-to-Proceed: accounting officer assessment (April 2020)

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High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase One: accounting officer assessments (March to December 2019)

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East West Rail, Connection Stage 1: accounting officer assessment (April 2021)

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East West Rail, Western Section Phase 2: accounting officer assessment (February 2019)

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East Coast Main Line enhancements programme: accounting officer assessment (January 2019)

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Details

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.