2021 Report details for project: Passenger Services response to COVID-19
| Project name | Passenger Services response to COVID-19 - there is only one report for this project |
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| Organisation | DFT (D9) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2021 (data is from March 2021) |
| Category | Transformation - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | In April 2020, in response to the impact of Covid-19 on public transport the department implemented Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs), which enabled the continued operation of critical passenger and freight services. These were replaced by the Emergency Recovery Measure Agreements (ERMAs) in September 2020. The ERMAs will be replaced with National Rail Contracts (NRCs), which are being negotiated through a programme of Direct Awards to Train Operating Companies (TOCs) in three tranches, with the final tranche expected to be completed by April 2022. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber/Red |
| DCA text: | The Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating is Amber/red.This is primarily due to the following factors: In March 2020, in response to the impact of Covid-19 on public transport, the Department implemented Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs), taking on cost and revenue risk, as a result of the rapid revenue loss to train operators, making their existing Franchise Agreements untenable. These were replaced by the Emergency Recovery Measure Agreements (ERMAs) in September 2020. The ERMAs will be replaced with National Rail Contracts (NRCs), which are being negotiated through a programme of Direct Awards to Train Operating Companies (TOCs) in three tranches, with the final tranche expected to be completed by April 2022. The Department is working closely with TOCs, Owning Groups and wider industry to achieve commercially and operationally viable deals, under the necessary timescales, whilst using mechanisms to share lessons among DA projects and from other relevant initiatives. Programme plans continue to be refined and monitored closely. |
| Start date | 2020-03-23 |
| End date | 2022-04-01 |
| Schedule text | The project end-date is 01 April 2022. This is primarily due to the following factors: The ERMAs will be replaced with National Rail Contracts (NRCs), which are being negotiated with through a programme of Direct Awards to Train Operating Companies (TOCs) in three tranches, with the final tranche expected to be completed in April 2022. There is a challenge of delivering the NRC programme to time, scope and quality against the number of projects, tight time scales and interdependencies. This risk is recognised and mitigating actions are being undertaken. The industry is close to completing the first tranche of Direct Awards and work has commenced on Tranche 2 with early discussions also taking place on Tranche 3. |
| Baseline | £8,600.00m |
| Forecast | £8,498.30m |
| Variance | -1.00% |
| Variance text: | The budget variance is less than or equal to 5%. |
| Whole Life Cost | £12,716.00m |
| WLCost text: | The projects Baseline Whole Life Cost is £12716.00m. This is primarily due to the following factors: The Baseline Whole Life Cost figure is predicated on the 2020/21 spend to date figure (which reflects the total of the Q1, Q2 and Q3 reported / published actuals and the Q4 cash payments made in the quarter plus) the budget of £4.116bn for Covid-19 support for rail services in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of the financial year (set out in the Department's Main Estimate for 2021/22). The roadmap set out by the Prime Minister to cautiously and safely reopen society and our economy means we can better understand the potential recovery in passenger demand across the Rail network. We will work closely with HM Treasury to monitor the requirements for further support for rail services in quarter 3 and 4 of 2021/22 and will revisit this at the Supplementary Estimate. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2021.csv |
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