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High Speed 2 Line: Costs

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 24 October 2024UIN 10229

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled PM redirects HS2 funding to revolutionise transport across the North and Midlands, published of 04 October 2023, what is the estimated cost to the publi

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Department is currently assessing the cost of cancelling Phase 2 of the HS2 project, working with HS2 Ltd and its supply chain to inform this assessment. As at the end of March 2024, £2.3bn had been spent on Phase 2.

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