Written questions

High Speed 2 Line: Costs

Commons · Question 60914 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Liz Saville Roberts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost in (a) 2019 prices and (b) today after being adjusted for inflation of HS2 as estimated by CEO of HS2 Ltd in his preliminary report to her Department.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 23 Jun 2025

Mark Wild is leading a comprehensive reset of the programme to deliver the remaining works at the lowest reasonable cost. As part of this work, he will advise the Department on a revised cost estimate for HS2. As Mark Wild set out in his letter, HS2 Ltd’s...