Currently, ten of the twelve portfolios have a lead department. The science and land portfolios do not have a lead.32 Given the importance of portfolio management to government’s plans for the estate, and in ensuring a single point of accountability, we queried why two portfolios did not have a designated lead. The Cabinet Office agreed there should be “a single owner” for those portfolios. However, it told us it would require a series of conversations with the relevant departments before agreeing which departments will take ownership of these two portfolios.33 Although numerous departments own science and land assets, the Cabinet Office believes there are logical candidates to serve as leads and these lead departments could be named by March 2023.34 The hubs programme