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1716874

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the rescoped HS2 project; what recent estimate he has made of the benefit cost ratio of that project; and whether he plans to update the estimated costs of HS2 using 2024 prices.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	25510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>In light of the Network North announcement, the scope of HS2 is now being reviewed to make sure only what is required for the reduced scheme is being delivered, including the revised approach to Euston. Once this work has been done, we will publish a cost range and benefit cost ratio for the revised HS2 scheme as part of an updated business case for the HS2 programme. The Department will publish this work when it is complete. HS2 records costs in 2019 prices and in nominal terms. Decisions over inflation methodologies and indices to express the wider programme's costs are ongoing between the Department and HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/05/2024 10:47:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1689421

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2024 to Question 12372 on High Speed 2 Line: Costs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) acquiring and (b) managing (i) land and (ii) property associated with HS2 Phase 2 in (A) financial year 2024-25 and (B) the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	14320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Details regarding HS2 budgets for financial year 2024-25 are still being finalised. Funding regarding the period beyond FY2024-25 will be subject to an agreement of the next fiscal event.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/02/2024 11:33:12 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1688927

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of the expected cost of HS2, and what assessment they have made of whether this represents good value for money.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The most recent cost assessment of the HS2 programme was published in November 2023 through the six-monthly update to Parliament. The Department will provide a Value for Money assessment via an update to the Phase One Business Case, due in the course of 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 20/02/2024 12:55:34 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1686257

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) acquiring and (b) managing (i) land and (ii) property associated with Phase 2 of HS2 as of 31 January 2024; and whether he has made an estimate of potential future costs for the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	12372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2023, a total cost of £580m was spent on acquiring both land and property on Phase 2 broken down as follows:</p><ul><li>Phase 2a £215m</li><li>Phase 2b Western Leg £203m</li><li>Phase 2b Eastern leg £162m</li></ul><p>(including HS2 East)</p><p>Around £17m is forecast to be spent on Phase 2 land and property in the last three months of the 23/24 financial year, for the settlement of transactions agreed before the cancellation of Phase 2 announced on 4 October. The management of the land and property portfolio in Phase 2 incurred a total of £1.69m during the 23/24 financial year, which covers full portfolio management including sourcing tenants, rent collection, commercial negotiation, compliance, accounting, and surveying.</p><p>Any land and property asset that is no longer required will be sold or repurposed for Northen Powerhouse Rail, and a programme is being developed to do this. We expect much of the capital cost of acquiring these properties will be recovered when they are resold.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 08/02/2024 16:37:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1668444

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) land acquisition and (b) compensation for Phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b of the HS2 project (A) between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024 and (B) in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The financial implications of the announcement on HS2 Ltd Land and Property are currently being considered following the announcement to cancel Phases 2a and 2b.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/11/2023 17:18:33 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1666439

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who were the accounting officers for HS2 and the Department for Transport in (1) March 2014, (2) January 2016, (3) April 2016, and (4) July 2019; when they were made aware of allegations of deceptions and fraud as reported in the Sunday Times on 22 October; and on which dates and to whom in Government they reported any concerns about cost overrun.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Accounting Officers at HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport were as follows:</p><p>HS2 Ltd</p><ul><li>Alison Munro (January 2009 – September 2014)</li><li>Simon Kirby (September 2014 – December 2016)</li><li>Roy Hill (December 2016 – March 2017)</li><li>Mark Thurston (March 2017 – September 2023)</li><li>Sir Jonathan Thompson (September 2023 - Present)</li></ul><p> </p><p>DfT</p><ul><li>Sir Robert Devereux (2007 - December 2011)</li><li>Dame Linda Margaret Homer (December 2011 – March 2012)</li><li>Sir Philip McDougall Rutnam (March 2012 – April 2017)</li><li>Dame Bernadette Kelly (April 2017 – Present)</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Government and its public bodies take any allegations raised seriously and will ensure they are thoroughly investigated.</p><p>The National Audit Office (NAO) examined historic allegations in 2018 and determined that these were unfounded. There is one new allegation which relates to a live whistleblowing investigation by HS2 Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>It would be inappropriate to comment while the investigation is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2023 10:45:15 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1666661

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of planning sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	203810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department is working with HS2 Ltd and its supply chain to assess this.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 26/10/2023 09:12:14 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1623522

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, assuming that there is no change to the scope of HS2, what is the additional cost of the two year pause.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>We are deferring some capital expenditure on HS2 over the next two financial years in order to manage the public purse in light of inflationary pressures. The Department is working at pace with HS2 Ltd on finalising funding profiles over the next two years and this will include agreeing a sensible funding allocation on work for the rephased elements of HS2. HS2 Ltd is working with its supply chain to understand the wider cost and schedule implications for the programme, including identifying mitigations that seek to protect taxpayer value-for-money from these deferrals. We will continue to provide transparent reporting of costs and regularly update Parliament through our six-monthly reporting process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 10/05/2023 10:32:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1585298

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost of HS2 was in January (a) 2013 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	142624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>A cost estimate for the full HS2 programme was set out in the Outline Business Case published in 2013 and has since been updated regularly to take account of scope changes, improved cost projections and inflation. The last cost estimate for each phase of the programme was published in the six-monthly report to Parliament in October 2022, with the next report due to be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/02/2023 12:15:03 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1542327

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on HS2; and what the projected cost of that project is.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	87769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes 6 monthly Parliamentary reports on HS2, setting out total estimated cost ranges and progress updates on the project, the last of which was published last month.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 16:12:41 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell