Twenty-Fourth Report - Redevelopment of Defra’s animal health infrastructure

The government agreed and stated that Asset Management lessons learnt have been included in the procurement for the new Workplace and Facilities Management contract, and that the Weybridge site will have a dedicated Technical Services team with an increase of around 50% in technical management.

The government agreed and will stress test their contingency plans and are regularly reviewing plans and running critical incident exercises, and is also in conversation with other cross government laboratories and partners.

The government agreed and will work with HM Treasury to establish a more certain funding position, refine its understanding of costs and benefits, and update the Committee via Treasury Minutes; £198 million has been allocated for preparatory work.

The government agreed and will continue to develop its cost estimate, introduce cost ranges, and reflect uncertainty in those costings for the main investment decision in 2024.

The government agreed and stated that Commercial Strategy Phase II has been endorsed by the SCAH Programme Board and that by May 2023, the programme will have options around Science Hub form of contract and competition.

The government agrees with the committee’s conclusion and commits to fully adopting new asset management policies, a campus strategy by Q4 2022-23, implementing a new operational asset strategy, and improving facilities management with increased technical staffing and a procurement focused on science-specific capabilities.

The government agrees with the committee’s conclusion and commits to incorporating lessons learned from past management failures into the procurement for a new facilities management contract, implementing a new operational asset strategy, and increasing the dedicated Technical Services team at Weybridge by 50%.

The government agrees and states that the Asset Management Policy, Plan, and Weybridge Campus Strategy are on target for adoption by Q4 2022-23. It outlines specific procurement and asset management improvements, including industry-standard maintenance regimes and increased technical management.

The government agrees with the committee’s conclusion, confirming comprehensive business continuity plans that are regularly reviewed and committing to finalizing the Weybridge Development Control Plan by early 2023, running regular critical incident exercises, and further understanding site vulnerabilities.

The government agrees with the concerns, stating it has comprehensive business continuity plans, conducts regular incident exercises, is developing a detailed understanding of site vulnerabilities, and is collaborating with other laboratories.

The government agrees with the committee’s conclusion, confirming comprehensive business continuity plans that are regularly reviewed and committing to finalizing the Weybridge Development Control Plan by early 2023, running regular critical incident exercises, and further understanding site vulnerabilities.

The government agrees with the concerns, stating it has comprehensive business continuity plans, conducts regular incident exercises, is developing a detailed understanding of site vulnerabilities, and is collaborating with other laboratories.

The government agrees with the committee’s conclusion, committing to regular reviews of comprehensive business continuity plans, finalizing the Weybridge Development Control Plan by early 2023, conducting critical incident exercises, and developing a more detailed understanding of site vulnerabilities.

The government agrees with the importance of modern facilities and commits £198 million for preparatory work on the Weybridge redevelopment, with the main investment decision expected by summer 2024.

The government agrees with the Committee, with a target implementation date of March 2023, detailing the adoption of asset management policies and the new Workplace and Facilities Management contract to deliver an operational asset strategy for the Weybridge campus.

The government agrees with the conclusion, committing to refine cost and benefit estimates for the Weybridge redevelopment programme through 2024-25, leading to a main investment decision in summer 2024, and has allocated £198 million for preparatory work.

The government agrees to work with HM Treasury to establish a more certain funding position for the Weybridge redevelopment program and will refine its understanding of the costs and benefits, required by Summer 2024, and allocated £198 million for preparatory work, with a target implementation date of Summer 2024.

The government agrees to continue developing its cost estimate for the Weybridge redevelopment programme, clarifying uncertainties and using cost ranges, with a target implementation date of Summer 2024.

The government agrees to continue developing its cost estimate for the Weybridge redevelopment programme, including the use of cost ranges to illustrate the level of uncertainty. Target implementation date is Summer 2024.

The government agrees to continue developing its cost estimate for the Weybridge redevelopment programme, clarifying uncertainties and using cost ranges, with a target implementation date of Summer 2024.

The government agrees to ensure that it has the right staff capability and capacity to deliver the Weybridge redevelopment programme, including a review of capacity and capability requirements for the full lifecycle of the programme. Target implementation date: June 2023

The government agrees to ensure the Weybridge redevelopment programme has sufficient staff capability and capacity and will report back on its plans after finalising wider staff reduction plans, with a target implementation date of June 2023. The programme continues to recruit and is reviewing capacity and capability requirements.

The government agrees to report back on progress in developing its commercial strategy for the Weybridge redevelopment, including contract structure and competition, with a target implementation date of June 2023. Commercial Strategy Phase II has been endorsed and Phase III is in development.

The government agrees to report back on progress in developing its commercial strategy for the Weybridge redevelopment, including contract structure and competition, with a target implementation date of June 2023. Commercial Strategy Phase II has been endorsed and Phase III is in development.