How to Measure Success

So how would we measure success? Firstly by the large number of volunteer projects that came forward, totalling nearly 2,000. This is a phenomenal number. This suggests that OGC’s reputation is high and the reputation is high because of who turns up, to do the Reviews. Teams include very senior civil servants that turn up to review other department’s projects. They are not Review Team Leaders, they have a different contribution to make, mainly in the policy deliverability area. However, as part of a balanced team, they are valuable. This is very different to a less experienced person turning up. Ministers are now always interviewed on their projects by the review team and they have been very supportive and very helpful. We are now achieving a 6.5 per cent a year delivery improvement. Whilst we wish it was 100 per cent, there is nothing else that we are doing in Britain which is remotely providing 6.5 per cent across our big portfolio. In value terms the British Government gains 150 times more value out of this than it costs to run the Brand. It costs us five million pounds a year to run it and we make £1 Billion VFM savings every year. We make a lot of savings out of it but it is not why we do it. We do it because it is a better deal for the taxpayer in getting the benefits of projects. Nobody really questions the cash anymore, it is more about the benefits.