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<p>To date, HS2 Ltd, acting as agents for the Secretary of State, has taken possession
of nearly 60sq km of land and paid £1.74 billion for acquisitions in Phase One.</p><p>
</p><p>Where land is being acquired under statutory blight provisions, 216 of blight
cases (86%) have a ‘full and final’ settlement.</p><p> </p><p>Where land has been
acquired through compulsory purchase, compensation claims have been submitted in 460
cases. Many claimants have not requested full and final payment. As of 4 May 2020,
HS2 Ltd has received Advance Payment Requests on 313 cases and further compensation
claims (in addition to Advance Payment Requests) on 147 cases. Of these 147 cases,
15 (10%) have been settled as a ‘full and final’ settlement. In the other 132 cases,
claimants have either reserved the right to make further compensation claims or negotiation
continues.</p><p> </p><p>For payments where HS2 Ltd has possessed land temporarily,
246 claims have been submitted. Of those, 136 (55%) have either been paid, or are
ready to be paid but rest with the claimants’ solicitors; 31 (13%) cases are going
through HS2 Ltd governance in order to make the payment, and 79 (32%) payments are
being negotiated between the claimants and HS2 Ltd.</p>
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