Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 7650

High Speed 2 Line

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Ann Davies

Plaid CymruCaerfyrddin

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

Lilian Greenwood
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...

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