High Speed 2 Line: Costs
Commons · Question 20035 · Tabled 13 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of HS2 Phase 1.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 19 Dec 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...