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1016337

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using geotechnical baseline reports to assess the possible (a) settlement damage to and (b) strengthening required for buildings along the High Speed Two London tunnel route.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>A geotechnical baseline report (GBR) is a contractual document that defines what the Contractor has to allow for in his price. The actual geotechnical parameters from HS2 project ground investigations have been and are being used for the assessment of “all” buildings impacted by the works including potential ground movements associated with excavations and to assess, in the rare event, any necessary remedial measures. For further information for Phases 1 &amp; 2a see HS2 Information Papers C3 &amp; C14 – Ground Settlement, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/12/2018 14:38:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1016344

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, whether (a) HS2 Ltd, (b) third party contractors or (c) his Department will be liable in the event that settlement damage to vulnerable and listed buildings occurs due to works along the High Speed Two London tunnel route.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The nominated undertaker (HS2) will reimburse reasonable costs subject to the conditions outlined in the Information Papers C3 &amp; C14 that were prepared in support of the Phase 1 Act. Please refer to Section 8 of the Information Paper.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/12/2018 11:35:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1016345

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, what representations his Department has received on the risks to buildings along the High Speed Two London tunnel route in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received a small number of representations regarding the assessment of the risks in relation to HS2 Ltd’s development of the design of the HS2 tunnels on the Park Village East retaining wall, which is located on the approach to Euston Station.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/12/2018 14:56:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1016346

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, what his latest estimate is of the total cost of High Speed Two; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The total funding envelope of the High Speed 2 project was set at £55.7bn (2015 prices) as part of the 2015 Spending Review settlement.</p><p>The total spend to date is £5.5bn (nominal), inclusive of the financial years 2009-10 to 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/12/2018 14:36:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1016352

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, how much money his Department has spent on each (a) consultant and (b) consultancy firm to support the HS2 project in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides information on the total expenditure incurred by the High Speed Rail Group on consultancy in support of the HS2 project.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£2,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£4,803,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£5,352,792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£10,563,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£12,045,048</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£10,366,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£9,999,662</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>The amount spent on consultancy reflects the need to utilise the best specialist expertise to deliver the Government’s biggest investment in transport infrastructure in generations. All consultancy contracts are competitively tendered to ensure value for money and every effort is made to transfer skills to permanent staff and ensure reduced reliance on external contractors.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to publish a breakdown to your request as this information is commercially sensitive. The Department for Transport has a duty to manage procurements to deliver the best value for the tax payer, and publishing the breakdown requested would be likely to negatively prejudice the effective and efficient outcome of these procurement competitions.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/12/2018 13:28:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1016355

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risk of conflicts of interest in relation to settlement deed surveys provided by companies contracted to work on the High Speed Two London Tunnel Route.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Nominated Undertaker (i.e. those acting on behalf of the Secretary of State) will engage with property owners as it is in their combined interest that Settlement Surveys are reflective and factual of the property prior to commencement of tunnel works. The survey will be undertaken by a jointly appointed Independent Chartered Building Surveyor at the nominated undertaker’s cost. This approach was adopted on HS1, Crossrail and Thames Tideway and is a common and recognised practice. See Information Papers C3 &amp; C14 Section 7. The Nominated Undertaker will perform relevant conflict of interest assessments at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/12/2018 15:53:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1016356

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, how much HS2 Ltd has spent on compensation grouting in advance of construction work along the High Speed Two London tunnel route.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has spent nothing on compensation grouting to date. HS2 Ltd has required the contractors to procure tunnel boring machines that are capable of limiting ground movements.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/12/2018 13:36:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1016365

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, whether he has had discussions with HS2 Ltd on the use of target cost contracts instead of geotechnical baseline reports; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the level of compensation arising from damage to vulnerable buildings along the High Speed Two construction route of excluding the use of those reports.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	196827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The actual geotechnical parameters from HS2 project ground investigations have been and are being used for the assessment of buildings impacted by the works. Geotechnical baseline reports (GBR) are not precluded by target cost contracts however their use is not considered relevant for the assessment of the impact of potential ground movement on buildings or associated compensation.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/12/2018 14:53:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1011266

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the combined cost of phases 1 and 2 of High Speed 2; and what was the estimated cost of phases 1 and 2 in 2010 when the scheme was reviewed.
tabling member printed	Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
uin	HL11627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The current HS2 funding envelope is £55.73bn (at 2015 prices), as set out in the 2015 Spending Review settlement. This is split between phases, with Phase One set at £27.18bn and Phase 2a&amp;b at £28.55bn.</p><p> </p><p>At the 2013 Spending Review the HS2 funding envelope was at £50.1bn (at 2011 prices). This funding allocation was split as follows: Phase One £21.4bn, Phase 2 £21.2bn and Rolling Stock £7.5bn. Spending Review 2013 was the first time a long term funding envelope was established for the HS2 network.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 28/11/2018 12:41:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4586 label Biography information for Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

1010140

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of the HS2 rail line being delayed by more than one year.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL11587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has been set an ambitious target of commencing HS2 Phase One services in 2026.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd are currently working with their contracted suppliers to deliver Phase One. This involves updating and agreeing an assessment of schedule confidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will make schedule details public as part of the Full Business Case for Phase One due to be published in 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 28/11/2018 13:56:45 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick