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High Speed 2 Line: Finance

Commons · Question 120007 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Department for Transport 2024-25, published in November 2025, whether capital spending on the High Speed Two programme is on track to fall by 7.9% i

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 18 Mar 2026

The figures within the National Audit Office’s report reflect table 5.18 within the 2025 Spending Review document. The HS2 programme will be required to align with the Spending Review settlement which, based on the annual capital Departmental Expenditure ...