2023 Report details for project: 4th National Lottery Licence Competition
| Project name | 4th National Lottery Licence Competition - there are 4 reports for this project: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
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| Organisation | DCMS (D5 ) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2023 (data is from September 2022) |
| Category | Transformation - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | The 4th National Lottery Competition Programme is responsible for ensuring the continuation of the National Lottery on the current expiry of the current 3rd Licence at the end of January 2024. This involves designing a new licence fit for the future and selecting an operator via a competitive application process who is able to continue to develop the National Lottery as a public asset in order to maximise the returns to good causes whilst also ensuring the highest standards of propriety and player protection. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber |
| DCA text: | Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, the DCA rating at 22/23-Q4 remained at Amber (SRO rating). This is primarily due to the following factors. The latest Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Gate 3 review and final report rated the Programme as Amber on its conclusion. All recommendations have been addressed by the Programme. The Programme is currently in conversation with the IPA to plan the Gate 4 review, most likely to be in September 2023. Since last year, the Commission successfully applied to lift the suspension on the Programme and the licence was awarded to Allwyn UK Limited, and transition to the 4th Licence started. However, there continues to be a challenge to the outcome of the competition which the Commission is defending. The Programme's DCA rating remains Amber. |
| Start date | 2018-11-16 |
| End date | 2024-02-01 |
| Schedule text | Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, the project's end-date at 22/23-Q4 remained schedule to finish on 2024-02-01. This is primarily due to the following factors. The programme end date of 1st February 2024 reflects the start of the 4th Licence. |
| Baseline | £45.31m |
| Forecast | £19.64m |
| Variance | -57.00% |
| Variance text: | The budget variance exceeds 5%. Due to delays in implementation caused by the legal cases, we are saving money on implementation in 22/23. Litigation costs have been added to the budget and forecast in 22/23 with the underspends in 22/23 added to the forecast in 23/24.Whole life project costs are now 177.47m; this has increased due to the additional litigation budget of 22.6m required for our court cases which was a contingent liability in our business case. The profiling of this is between 22/23 and 23/24. A delay in the court cases to January 2024 has caused variances between budgets and forecasts, however we have approval to carry over unused litigation budget to 23/24, preventing an overspend. |
| Whole Life Cost | £177.00m |
| WLCost text: | Compared to financial year 21/22-Q4, the project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 22/23-Q4 increased from 155m. to 177m. This is primarily due to the following factors. The budget has increased due to Litigation costs, a budget of 22.6m has been provided. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2023.csv |
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