"UK ministers have questioned the government's decision to seemingly downgrade huge public sector tech projects as HM Treasury takes a greater role in so-called "mega-projects." UK major projects, including a string of nationally important tech roll-outs in central government, have in recent years been tracked by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, a joint unit between the Treasury and Cabinet Office."
""We noted that the concept of mega projects could take away from the proper supervision of major projects and asked how NISTA will have the bandwidth to be able to keep across all these major projects. NISTA told us that the GMPP projects are tiered and prioritized, with the prioritization reviewed quarterly," the report said. The MPs on the PAC called on the Treasury to set out what it and NISTA will be doing to improve governance and assurance of all major projects in the future, particularly at a departmental level."
"In April 2025, the Labour government, elected in July 2024, combined the IPA and the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) to create the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, which is under Treasury control. Its planned role combines strategy and delivery of infrastructure as well as overseeing the implementation of the 10-year strategy."
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority and the National Infrastructure Commission were merged in April 2025 to form the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA), which sits under Treasury control. NISTA's remit combines infrastructure strategy, delivery and oversight of a new 10-year strategy. The Treasury introduced a new definition of 'mega-projects' that excludes digital transformation programmes. More than 200 projects previously tracked in the Government Major Projects Portfolio risk losing formal oversight under the new definition. The Public Accounts Committee warned that the change could weaken supervision and asked the Treasury and NISTA to clarify governance, assurance and departmental oversight for major projects.
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