2023 Report details for project: Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR)
| Project name | Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - there is only one report for this project |
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| Organisation | DFT (D9) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2023 (data is from September 2022) |
| Category | Infrastructure - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) is the Government's vision to transform rail connectivity by providing faster and more frequent services between the Norths key economic centres. NPR is aligned to the government's Integrated Rail Plan and, subject to ministerial agreement, will see route developments and upgrades between Liverpool to Manchester, Leeds, York, and Newcastle. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber |
| DCA text: | The IPA's DCA rating at 22/23-Q4 is Amber. This is primarily due to the following factors.The Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) continues to be revised to align to the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) including updating the economic analysis underpinning the NPR Business Case. Due to the assurance of the economic analysis outputs taking longer than anticipated, the scheduled date for ministerial approval (Q4 FY 2022/23) has been impacted.A revised plan has been developed, which, subject to necessary approvals being received at each stage, will see the SOBC submitted to government for approval in Q2 FY 2023/24. Despite the delay to the original plan, ultimate delivery of the scheme as planned remains feasible, with additional uncertainty over actual target dates until the post-Autumn Statement re-baselining of the whole IRP portfolio is complete. |
| Start date | 2016-06-01 |
| End date | 2045-01-01 |
| Schedule text | The project's end-date at 22/23-Q4 is 2045-01-01. This is primarily due to the following factors. End date aligns with recently published Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) report. Northern Powerhouse Rail Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) is being updated to align with the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP). |
| Baseline | £39.10m |
| Forecast | £30.50m |
| Variance | -22.00% |
| Variance text: | The budget variance exceeds 5%. Majority of underspend sits with Network Rail due to funding and remit being confirmed in Q1 of Financial Year 2022/23 which impacted Network Rail ability to mobilise and commence activity at the start of the Financial Year (22/23). |
| Whole Life Cost | £17,265.00m |
| WLCost text: | The project's departmental-agree Whole Life Cost at 22/23-Q4 is 17265m. This is primarily due to the following factors. The figure provided is the capital cost (2019 prices) of building the NPR Core network in line with the Strategic Outline Business Case being prepared. This figure will be reviewed in Q1 2023/24 as it currently does not include operating costs, renewal costs, or the impact of the real cost of inflation. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2023.csv |
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