Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 123248

High Speed 2 Line: Finance

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 120007 on High Speed 2 Line: Finance, whether reductions in the specified top speed of High Speed Two trains are being considered as part of efforts to align

Answer

Simon Lightwood

No. The Spending Review settlement for the current period is not dependent on the consideration of the top speed of HS2.