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1003722

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the costs of Phase 1 of High Speed Two at today's prices.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	189518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The anticipated final cost of the HS2 project is reported at the most recent Spending Review price base i.e. 1q 2015. Consideration will be given on whether the price base will be revised as part of the anticipated 2019 Spending Review Settlement.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/11/2018 16:57:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1003723

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, will he publish the revised business case for Phase 1 of HS2 in the event that any of the Phase 2 lines are not built.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	189519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The next update of the business case for HS2 will be published prior to the authorisation of Notice to Proceed for Stage 2 (main construction) of the Main Work Civils Contracts, for Phase One.</p><p> </p><p>As with previous business cases, this will show the value for money of each phase of the network as well as the ‘full Y’.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to fulfilling its manifesto commitment to progressing High Speed 2. As set out in DfT’s Single Departmental Plan, the Government’s stated intention is to deliver the ‘full Y’ network.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/11/2018 12:53:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1002031

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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
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 31 October 2018 to Question 184392, on what date he plans to publish the PwC report on High Speed Two.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	188155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that we intend to publish the report before the House rises for the Christmas recess.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 14:15:18 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

995603

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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
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 25 October 2018 to Question 182152 on High Speed 2 Railway Line, when he plans to publish the report by PwC into High Speed Two.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	184392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>We plan to publish the report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/10/2018 14:00:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

994201

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Government will not make available to MPs the 2017 Infrastructure Projects Authority report which assessed the cost of High Speed Two at £80 billion; and with what part of that report's methodology for assessing the costs of that project the Department disagrees.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	183235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>This was not an official report by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. The document represented an individual’s personal views. We do not comment on leaks.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 29/10/2018 16:33:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

992779

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the report into High Speed Two by PwC.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	182152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that the report by PwC into the comparative costs of developing and constructing High Speed Rail on the Continent and elsewhere will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/10/2018 13:05:23 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

989633

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the construction of High Speed Two on the (a) habitat and (b) population of barn owls.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	180623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The impact of HS2 on barn owls was assessed to inform the Phase One Environmental Statement which recorded a nationally significant adverse effect on the UK’s barn owl population.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd has therefore developed a barn owl mitigation plan to reduce this significant effect. The plan assumes that 80 pairs are affected by the Phase One Scheme and consists of measures to: avoid disturbance to the species during construction; reduce the collision risk of the railway to the birds; provide new artificial nesting sites at a safe distance; and monitor the new nesting sites to ensure uptake by barn owls.</p><p> </p><p>The potential effects on barn owls have also been assessed in the Phase 2a Environmental Statement, and will be assessed in a Phase 2b Environmental Statement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/10/2018 14:31:05 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

989637

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of (a) the overall cost and (b) cost of each element of HS2; and what the timetable is for the completion of phase 2.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	180632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>At the 2015 Spending Review (SR15), the Government restated the long-term Funding Envelope for delivery of the full HS2 scheme of £55.73bn (2015 prices), of which £27.18bn was allocated to Phase One and £28.55bn for Phase Two. We remain determined to deliver HS2 within this total Funding Envelope, with cost targets to be set for HS2 Ltd to deliver the programme below this amount.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to complete Phase 2a by 2027– six years earlier than initially planned. The planned opening date for the full HS2 network remains unchanged at 2033.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/10/2018 14:42:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

989649

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the mitigation measures agreed by HS2 Ltd to reduce the negative effect on biodiversity are (a) secured for the duration of the project and (b) monitored.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	180775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672371/E2_-_Ecological_Impact_v1.5.pdf" target="_blank">HS2 Information Paper E2</a> outlines how ecological impacts have been assessed and how they will be mitigated or compensated for during the construction of Phase One of HS2. It refers to the commitment to seek no net loss to biodiversity. Mitigation measures include the creation of habitat to maintain the populations of protected species. New areas of woodland, grassland, heathland and ponds will be created.</p><p>A route-wide monitoring strategy will be put in place. HS2 Ltd is responsible for maintaining and monitoring the new or managed habitat for a sufficient period to ensure that the nature conservation objectives are achieved. Indicative periods for the management and monitoring of habitats are set out in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672401/E26_-__Indicative_Periods_Management_and_Monitoring_of_Habitats_v1.2__2_.pdf" target="_blank">HS2 Information Paper E26</a>. These include plans to monitor replacement woodland for up to 50 years.</p><p> </p><p>A similar approach is being adopted for future phases of the scheme.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/10/2018 13:29:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

989650

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that High Speed Two does not cause the death of barn owls.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	180776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has produced a barn owl mitigation plan to manage and reduce the anticipated significant effects to barn owls caused by construction and operation of the Phase One scheme. The plan has been developed by a team of professional ecologists, including a barn owl expert, and has been informed by additional research undertaken by the British Trust for Ornithology.</p><p> </p><p>The plan assumes that 80 pairs are affected by the Phase One scheme and consists of measures to: avoid disturbance to the species during construction; reduce the collision risk of the railway to the birds; provide new artificial nesting sites at a safe distance from the railway; and monitor the new nesting sites to ensure uptake by barn owls.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that the barn owl mitigation plan will be expanded and refined for future phases of HS2.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/10/2018 13:18:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis