High Speed 2 Line
Commons · Question 7650 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the development of phase 1 of HS2.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 10 Oct 2024
As reported in the last HS2 report to Parliament published in November 2023, HS2 Ltd indicated that its projected cost to deliver Phase 1 would significantly exceed the current Funding Envelope of £44.6 billion (2019 prices). Following the significant sco...