About the R&R Programme Board

The Restoration & Renewal (R&R) Programme Board was established in February 2023, following agreement by both Houses to introduce a new governance structure for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster. This new governance structure culminated in the abolition of the R&R Sponsor Board and the creation of a two tier governance structure compromising the R&R Client Board and an R&R Programme Board. These Boards have been integrated into existing Parliamentary structures through the two Houses’ Commissions and supported by a new joint department called the R&R Client Team.

The R&R Programme Board is made up of members of both Houses’; the Clerk of the House of Commons and the Clerk of the House of Lords; and lay members, with the right skills and expertise, particularly in major programmes, to fulfil its remit. The R&R Programme Board is responsible to direct and have oversight of the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster. The R&R Programme Board will engage, inform, mediate and translate between Parliament and the independent Delivery Authority, which remains responsible for delivering the works specified by Parliament. See the Delivery Authority’s webpages for more details about this organisation.

Questions to the R&R Programme Board

Nick Smith, answers both oral and written questions on R&R in the House of Commons.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble, answers both oral and written questions on behalf of the R&R Programme Board in the House of Lords.