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DCMS Major Projects Portofolio Data, September 2016 (CVS)

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Project Name Blythe House Programme Broadband Delivery Programme The Tate Modern Project 700 MHz Clearance Programme
Department DCMS DCMS DCMS DCMS
IPA Delivery Confidence Assessment (A Delivery Confidence Assessment of the project at a fixed point in time, using a five-point scale, Red – Amber/Red – Amber – Amber/Green – Green; definitions in the MPA Annual Report) Amber/Red Amber/Green Green Amber
Description / Aims The Blythe House Programme seeks to unlock national collections that cannot readily be viewed by the public and to care for and preserve them for future generations. The Programme's 3 key objectives:1) To ensure the Blythe House is put to its most efficient and effective use in order to deliver maximum value for money 2) To meet the governments obligation to ensure that the collections currently held at Blythe House are properly stored and cared for 3) To ensure that the Blythe House museums are able to care for their collectionsin the most efficient and effectiveway Phase 1: Delivering superfast broadband (24Mbs+) to 90% of UK premises by early 2016 and delivering universal standard broadband (2Mbps). 4.1million superfast premises to be covered under Phase 1, delivered through 44 projects, and a small number of joint Rural Community Broadband Projects with DEFRA.Phase 2: Delivering superfast broadband (24Mbs+) to 95% of UK premises by December 2017, as a continuation of Phase 1 covering c1 million premises. Combined investment of £1.7bn central and local Government plus supplier investment. The New Tate Modern will provide London with a unique public space for a rich collection of international art, combined with educational initiatives for diverse audience groups. The New Tate Modern will significantly enhance the UK's reputation as a major cultural force in the world. Up to £600m has been made available to make the 700 MHz band available for mobile broadband. The programme consists of the following projects:1) Infrastructure programme to clear the spectrum – comprising implementing a new transmission frequency plan for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting, building or modifying broadcast masts and antennas, including over 80 main transmitters, and administering the payment of grants to deliver this infrastructure work.2) Programme Making Special Events (PMSE) - putting in place alternative spectrum for the PMSE community and delivering a Help Scheme for current PMSE users impacted by the Programme.3) Viewer Support - communicating to DTT viewers if they need to retune their TV equipment, and providing support to affected viewers that may need to repoint or replace their aerials.
Departmental commentary on actions planned or taken on the IPA RAG rating. An IPA Gate 0 Review in April 2016 provided an assessment of Amber/Red, reflecting the complexity of the programme and early stage of delivery. An IPA PAR review was undertaken in November 2016 provding the programme with an Amber/Green rating. Final recommendations have been met and programme has now completed. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority gave the 700 MHz Spectrum Clearance programme an Amber Delivery confidence rating in June 2016. This reflected the fact that the programmme was in the start up phase and that the completion date for the programme had not been confirmed. The programme has now moved into the delivery stage. We have invited IPA to review the programme again later this year.
Project - Start Date (Latest approved start date) 25/11/2015 06/12/2010 01/01/2010 13/01/2016
Project - End Date (Latest approved end date) 31/03/2023 31/12/2020 31/12/2016 01/01/2022
Departmental narrative on schedule, including any deviation from planned schedule (if necessary) In June 2016, the Blythe House Programme Business Case received approval from HM Treasury to release £5.4 million funding. This is supporting the development of Outline Business Cases for the Programme’s four constituent projects (three museum storage facility projects and the asset disposal of Blythe House) towards a further Treasury Approval Point in Q1 2016/17. The programme reached 90% superfast coverage in April 2016 and is on track to reach 95% superfast coverage by the end of 2017. Coverage as at March 2017 reported by ThinkBroadband is 92.6%. Programme has now completed A plan for accelerated delivery of the programme was agreed in September 2016. This aims to clear 700MHz spectrum by mid-2020. A review in September 2017 is planned to confirm this accelarated delivery schedule.
2016/17 TOTAL Baseline £m (including Non-Government costs) £29.00 £456.10 £12.90 £71.78
2016/17 TOTAL Forecast £m (including Non-Government costs) £16.42 £437.80 £10.90 £34.12
2016/2017 Variance %age -43% -4% -16% -52%
Whole Life Cost TOTAL Baseline £m (including Non-Government costs) £337.95 £2,223.90 £271.00 £594.90
Departmental narrative on budget/forecast variance for 2016/17 (if variance is more than 5%) £5.4 million funding for 2016/17 was approved by HM Treasury in June 2016. The forecast of £16.42 million is based on the draft project Outline Business Cases of Spring 2016 and further funding may potentially be spent following the approval of project business cases at the next TAP. Budget variance less than 5% The final cost is £2m lower than Baseline. The financial profiles for the Programme were reprofiled in September 2016. Variances for 2016/17 financial year reflect efficiency savings, re-sheduling and infrastructure re-planning.
Departmental Narrative on Budgeted Whole Life Costs The whole life cost total baseline is from the Programme Business Case approved by HM Treasury in June 2016. This will be refined during the development of component project business cases to FBC stage. The c£2.2bn whole life cost is made up of c£1.7bn public sector funding and the remainder supplier investment. Of the £1.7bn public sector funding, £770m has been provided by BDUK with the remainder being match funding provided by Local Authorities. The anticipated final cost is £269m. Up to £600m has been made available to make the 700 MHz band available for mobile broadband.