Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 20035

High Speed 2 Line: Costs

Tabled: 13 December 2024

Answered: 19 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Greg Smith

Conservative — Mid Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of HS2 Phase 1.

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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