1.7 Successive governments have implemented several initiatives to improve project delivery (Figure 3 overleaf). One initiative was the creation of the Authority in 2011, which had a prime ministerial mandate to improve the delivery of major projects in government by:
• commissioning the assurance of all major projects and ensuring that assurance is planned for them;
• maintaining the Portfolio, including collecting data on project performance from departments and producing an annual report;
• developing skills and capability; and
• providing support and advice and intervening directly to improve project performance.
On 1 January 2016, Infrastructure UK and the Major Projects Authority merged to form the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.