Guidance

The Green Book: templates and support material

Green Book and business case tools and templates for practitioners and reviewers.

Documents

Introduction to templates for Business Cases

Template for Programme Business Case

Template for Strategic Outline Case

Template for Outline Business Case

Template for Full Business Case

Appraisal summary tables – updated 2026

Details

These tools and templates have been designed to support practitioners and business case reviewers in accordance with the Green Book and business case guidance.

Green Book practitioners and reviewers may also benefit from the wider collection of accompanying guidance and materials.

Updates to this page

Published 16 November 2020
Last updated 5 February 2026 show all updates
  1. Updated Appraisal Summary Tables document to align with the Green Book 2026. Updated the categories in the shortlist AST template and value for money summary table for consistency. Adjusted the detailed option summary table for accuracy. Removed discount rate tables.

  2. New link to the Green Book accompanying guidance and materials collection page (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-green-book-and-accompanying-guidance-and-documents) to improve signposting.

  3. Checklist for assessing business cases and Appraisal summary tables updated

  4. First published.

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