High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase
Commons · Question 34650 · Tabled 28 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse for legal costs relating to compulsory purchase orders made for the HS2 project.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 10 Mar 2025
All property acquisitions under compulsory purchase orders entail legal costs, for example in relation to conveyancing. The Department has not made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse for legal costs associated with compulsory purchase o...