Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 34650
High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase
Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
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
Lilian GreenwoodAll 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...
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