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High Speed 2 Line: Tatton

Asked by Esther McVeyConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 10 February 2025UIN 27848

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many residential properties have been purchased in preparation for HS2 Phase 2b; and what proportion of these have been vacant for longer than six months in Tatton Constituency.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

720 residential properties in total have been acquired on the former HS2 Phase 2b route. Of these, 59 are in the Tatton constituency, of which 19 have been vacant for more than six months.

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