The IPA considers that while its gateway review process is good, government has not always applied it with the rigour needed.45 This has meant that programmes with significant issues have proceeded through Gateways even when they were given a delivery confidence assessment rating of amber or red. The IPA is now resetting its assurance of the GMPP, to ensure that departments address issues identified at gateway reviews before a programme can proceed. Assurance will now be risk-based assessments, rather than assessments being a judgement-based opinion based on reviewers’ experience. The intention is to ensure that projects not ready to proceed to the next gateway do not receive further funding until they taken action to resolve the issues they face, and for the assurance process to ensure that these actions have been taken.46 The IPA stated that government has reinforced its mandate, alongside a clarification of what the responsibilities of Departments are in acting on the IPA’s recommendations.47