NISTA to lead ‘transport campus’ for civil servants

The West Midlands is to become a Government centre for Transport and Infrastructure with a new campus for civil servants to be created.

The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) will lead the development of the campus, appointing  a senior civil servant, based in Birmingham, as the Project Director, where they will work with the local area and government departments to grow the campus and spread opportunity throughout the West Midlands, said the Government.

A joint  announcement by the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and DfT described the new campus  as “bringing together expertise in transport, property, and housing infrastructure expertise from across multiple departments throughout the West Midlands, a region home to over 35,000 civil servants”. It echoes established Government specialist campuses, such as the Darlington Economic Campus, Digital and AI Innovation Campus in Manchester, and the Energy Campus in Aberdeen.

The Places for Growth programme is intended to bring the civil service closer to local communities  with 34% of UK-based Senior Civil Servants now based outside of London, and goal for 50% of UK-based Senior Civil Service and Fast Stream roles to be located outside of London by 2030.