Infrastructure Pipeline kicks off new era of infrastructure delivery

This Infrastructure Pipeline will provide real time updates on 780 planned private and public sector projects, giving industry the clarity needed to plan for the long term and creating good quality jobs and supply chain capacity necessary to deliver the government’s infrastructure ambitions and the Plan for Change. It will support our modern Industrial Strategy, boosting business investment and driving growth across the country.

Building on data from 40 government departments, public bodies and regulated businesses, the new interactive online tool provides details of around 780 public and privately led infrastructure projects under construction, in development, or at an early stage of planning including transport, energy, schools and hospitals.

The pipeline outlines £530 billion of projects and programmes over the next ten years, which includes £285 billion funded solely by the public sector.

It comes as the government announced last month at least £725 billion of government funding over the coming decade, as part of a new approach to how projects are planned and delivered.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP said: “I set out a comprehensive ten-year strategy to restore confidence in the UK’s capacity to provide the infrastructure we need to renew Britain.

“Delivering that ambition will require support from the private sector to invest in the jobs and training opportunities workers need to help us rebuild the country.

“This pipeline brings industry on that journey with us – by giving business leaders and investors confidence about future work and therefore the confidence to invest in their workforce.”

By providing a more consistent picture of significant infrastructure investments planned by both government and the private sector, the pipeline also aims to improve the quality of policy making, spending decisions and the delivery of major projects – replacing the previously erratic and uncoordinated nature of infrastructure planning with a more certain picture.

This is backed by a new online pipeline tool allowing users to see the national and regional picture of planned investments by both the government and private sector in real time. As well as providing details of individual projects, users will also be able to look at the full range of planned investments.

The pipeline will managed by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) and updated on a regular basis.

Becky Wood, Chief Executive Office of NISTA, said: “We’ve listened to a wide range of voices to ensure this pipeline is designed to give the infrastructure sector the information and insights needed to plan with confidence and to build the skills, workforce and supply chains required.

“NISTA is committed to working with investors, operators and construction firms on future iterations to ensure the pipeline is where private and public sector partners will stand firmly behind a shared ambition to do things better.”

John Foster, Chief Policy and Campaigns Officer at CBI said: “A dynamic, forward-looking infrastructure pipeline is exactly what business needs to plan, invest, and build with confidence. This announcement responds to long-standing calls from industry and sends a strong signal that government is serious about long-term infrastructure planning. Greater clarity and certainty on upcoming projects will unlock investment in nationally significant schemes, strengthen supply chains, and support high-value jobs across the UK.”

ACE Group welcomed Government’s publication of the new Infrastructure Pipeline, calling for it to be a “catalyst for certainty, investment and growth”.

Marie-Claude Hemming, ACE Group Policy Director, said: “The Infrastructure Pipeline maps out the next decade of infrastructure delivery.

“ACE has long campaigned on the need for a visible and certain pipeline of work. And the government has delivered in spades, with a long-term infrastructure strategy backed by £725bn of public funding.

“This is precisely the kind of clarity and long-term vision our industry needs. For too long, infrastructure planning in Britain has been plagued by short-termism, with skills and labour recruitment matching the peak and troughs of government commitment to projects.

“A steady and regularly updated pipeline creates stability in the industry. Crucially it gives investors the confidence to invest in infrastructure and ACE Group members the incentivisation to invest in innovation, recruit and retain talent.”

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