Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 96800

High Speed 2 Line: Environmental Impact Assessment

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many environmental assessments relating to HS2 have been carried out since 4 July 2024; in which months those assessments took place; and what the cost was of each assessment.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Assessments published by HS2 since 4 July 2024 include an Environmental Sustainability Progress Report, Supplementary Environmental Information reports and reports on Noise & Vibration and Air Quality. These are all made publicly available on gov.uk.