Written questions

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...