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date	26/06/2018
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department takes to ensure that HS2 Ltd's construction plans are within the scope of the additional provisions of the High Speed Rail (London to West Midlands) Act 2017; and what powers of review his Department has for such construction plans that go beyond the scope of that Act's provisions.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is required to ensure that its construction plans are within the scope of the powers granted by the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Act 2017 (which incorporates the five Additional Provisions) and comply with the Environmental Minimum Requirements, Protective Provisions Agreements and the Register of Undertakings and Assurances.</p><p> </p><p>Any construction works that go beyond the scope of the Act’s provisions would need to be agreed by the Department and HS2 Ltd would need to obtain the appropriate planning and environmental consents.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/07/2018 16:21:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

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registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of the design elements of each of the main construction contracts for HS2 Phase 1.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has awarded contracts that include design covering Phase 1 Main Works Civils and Phase 1 stations, and will award other contracts in due course. In all cases HS2 Ltd are seeking to ensure maximum value for money for the UK taxpayer and releasing detailing information regarding the cost estimates for these contracts may put HS2 Ltd at a commercial disadvantage and consequently it is not appropriate to release this information.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering Phase 1 within the total funding envelope of £27.18bn (in 2015 prices).</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/02/2018 15:53:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

753901

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to finance the construction of HS2 Phase 1; and whether they intend to use a Public Private-Partnership arrangement for any of the construction work.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL1048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>Delivery of HS2 is being taken forward on the basis of public funding by HM Treasury. A long-term funding envelope of £55.7bn (2015 prices) was set out in Spending Review 2015, of which £27.18bn is allocated to Phase 1.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to explore opportunities for private financing, where this offers value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/07/2017 09:11:37 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

753285

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of disruption to existing passenger services during the construction of HS2.
tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
uin	HL973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The design of HS2 has sought to minimise disruption to the conventional rail network during construction. While the majority of construction works will not affect the existing railway, ‘possessions’ will be needed so that works on or near the existing railway can be done safely.</p><p> </p><p>As many as possible of these works will be undertaken at night and weekend maintenance periods so as to minimise disruption to passenger and freight services. However, for certain major HS2 works that cannot be accommodated within these maintenance periods, possessions of a longer duration will be required.</p><p> </p><p>Possessions will be booked by or through Network Rail (NR) in accordance with standard industry processes and will be planned to minimise disruption. In planning engineering works HS2 Ltd and NR will work with train operators and freight operators to make sure there are suitable alternative route and travel options available.</p><p> </p><p>The possessions planning process includes consultation with the wider railway industry, including operators and users, to ensure that the relevant information is provided, that the possessions are considered in the context of wider railway operations, and that appropriate mitigation measures are put in place. Where compensation is due for the impacts of possessions on operators, it is anticipated such compensation will be provided in accordance with standard industry processes.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with HS2 and other organisations to reduce the impact of works.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/07/2017 09:11:11 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham