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2. Assessment of inputs and activities

Overview of delivery stages

2.1 The operation commenced in August 2019, with a formal project announcement by Welsh Government and Swansea University in October 2019. A timeline showing both actual and planned milestones for the operation is illustrated in Figure 2-1. Overall, timings have remained broadly as set out in the original Business Plan, with two notable exceptions (the reason for which are discussed below):

• the delivery of elements of the physical infrastructure, with the completion of the Cyber Threats Suite delayed by over a year from summer 2020 to winter 2021

• staff recruitment was due to be completed by September 2020, however, recruitment challenges meant that in practice, the full scope of appointments had not been made by this point, and recruitment was ongoing for much of the operation’s lifetime.

Figure 2-1: Timeline of key milestone for the LILW

Source: SQW manipulation from project documentation and consultation evidence

Expenditure

2.2 The original budget for the operation was £5.6m, comprising £4.0m from ERDF and £1.6m in match funding from Swansea University. However, by mid-2021 approaching two years into delivery, the project was significantly underspent compared to profile, owing principally to:

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