Action

Lead

Due date

Status update

Complete the design and testing of the Green Investment Bank. (Para 3.7)

HM Government

Spring 2011

Progress Report published May 2011

Supporting local infrastructure: (Para 3.8)

Establish a Regional Growth Fund

HM Government

Completed

Completed - successful bidders in round two of the Regional Growth Fund announced October 2011

Publish a Local Growth White Paper

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and CLG

End 2010 

Local Growth White Paper: realising every place's potential published October 2010

Investigate options for encouraging infrastructure investment from new sources, including an internal review to consider extending the use of the regulatory asset base model (Para 3.20)

IUK

Spring 2011

Included in National Infrastructure Plan 2011

Develop reforms to the framework of economic regulation: (Para 3.25)

Complete reviews of the roles and functions of Ofgem and Ofwat.

Department of Energy and Climate Change, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and regulators

Summer 2011

•  Ofgem Review published July 2011

•  Review of Ofwat and consumer representation in the water sector published July 2011

Publish a common set of principles for economic regulation.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and IUK

End 2010

Principles for Economic Regulation published April 2011

Ensure that competition and consumer outcomes are delivered effectively across regulated sectors.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and other departments

Ongoing

Ongoing

Report on whether further cross-sectoral action is required

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, IUK and other departments

Summer 2011

Results of Ofgem and Ofwat reviews resolved this next step.

Planning regime: (Para 3.28)

Publish details of the revised process for major infrastructure planning

CLG

End 2010

Major infrastructure planning reform: Work plan published December 2010

Publish an updated timetable for the publication of National Policy Statements for the remaining major infrastructure sectors.

CLG

End 2010

Published in Major infrastructure planning reform: Work plan December 2010

Bring forward the Localism Bill

CLG

November 2010

Received Royal Assent in November 2011

Publish full Government response to the Penfold Review on non-planning consents.

CLG

November 2010

Government response to the Penfold Review on non-planning consents published November 2010

Reducing the costs of delivering infrastructure: (Para 3.34)

Update on work of the investigation.

IUK

October / November 2010

Update Report published October 2010

Publish the final report of the investigation to reduce the costs of delivering civil engineering works for major infrastructure projects.

IUK

End 2010

Infrastructure Cost Review published December 2010

Publish the results of an industry-led Innovation and Growth Team looking at low carbon construction.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

End 2010

Low Carbon Construction published Autumn 2010

Publish findings and recommendations on cross-cutting barriers to innovation and the efficient operation of the infrastructure supply chain.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Spring 2011

Infrastructure supply chains: barriers and opportunities published July 2011

Bring together and improve the quality of data held in relation to economic infrastructure. A programme of work will be published on the Treasury website. (Para 3.37)

IUK

Early 2011

Infrastructure Date Group established March 2011. Comprehensive data on the cost and performance of UK infrastructure also published in the National Infrastructure Plan 2011.

Managing interdependency, resilience and engineering innovation:(Para 3.41)

The Engineering and Interdependence Expert group will :

•  assess and report on systemic risks and opportunities in infrastructure

IUK

Spring 2011

Informs in National Infrastructure Plan 2011

•  develop a roadmap of the major engineering challenges and decisions in future infrastructure.

IUK

Spring 2011

informs alongside National Infrastructure Plan 2011

The Engineering and Interdependence Expert group will work closely with the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance and other parts of government (e.g. CCS and CPNI) to identify critical interdependencies that impact on infrastructure investment needs.

IUK and Cabinet Office

Ongoing

Ongoing engagement

Produce a framework for the coordination of security and resilience of the national infrastructure.

Cabinet Office

End 2010

Latest CONTEST Strategy and a Guide on infrastructure resilience published. The framework, which will tie this work together, is under development

Publish findings from the Adapting to Climate Change Programme's Infrastructure and Adaptation project.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Spring 2011

Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Preparing for a Changing Climate published May 2011

Publish an updated version on this plan setting out the long term investment needs and priorities for economic infrastructure for the UK, along with the priority actions to deliver them: (Para 4.5)

IUK

End 2011

National Infrastructure Plan 2011 published November 2011

Publish a note setting out the process for updating long term investment needs and priorities for economic infrastructure.

IUK

October / November 2010

Note published November 2010

Establish a common set of planning assumptions; i.e. economic growth forecasts, population growth forecasts, impacts of climate change.

IUK

End 2011

Included in National Infrastructure Plan 2011

Identify relevant constraints, including establishing a framework for assessing overall affordability.

IUK

End 2011

Included in National Infrastructure Plan 2011

Publish high level Green Book Supplementary Guidance on assessing economic infrastructure.

HM Treasury

Publish early 2011  

Published alongside the National Infrastructure Plan 2011