Question follow-through · 19945

High Speed 2 Line: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) cost of building HS2 and (b) impact of HS2 on economic growth in the next 10 years; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies o

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 16 Dec 2024
Answer: 19 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) cost of building HS2 and (b) impact of HS2 on economic growth in the next 10 years; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies o
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
HS2 has faced increases in costs since delivery started and this needs to end and the programme must be brought under control. The Secretary of State has asked Mark Wild, the new CEO of HS2 Ltd, to review the remaining scope, the cost and schedule needed ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Transport: Equality

18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

MV Ruby: Great Yarmouth

19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she had with relevant local authorities on decisions relating to the MV Ruby in Great Yarmouth port.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

MV Ruby: Ammonium Nitrate

19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the MV Ruby's cargo of ammonia nitrate was tested for contamination.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

MV Ruby: Ammonium Nitrate

19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will clarify the decision making process behind the decision to transfer MV Ruby's cargo of ammonia nitrate into the North Sea; and who was responsible for that decision.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

MV Ruby: Great Yarmouth

19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish all documents relating to plans to evacuate Great Yarmouth constituency due to the docking of the MV Ruby.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Roads: Great Yarmouth

17 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funding to the Vauxhall roundabout project in the context of the potential impact of that project on other infrastructure projects in Great Y

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Transport: Employers' Contributions

30 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions for financial year 2025-26.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Telephone Services

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average waiting time for people phoning and (b) time people spent on hold for the DVLA was in 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Translation Services

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for people contacting the DVLA in 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Transport: Equality

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Fares

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of revenue lost to train companies from fare avoidance in 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Anti-social Behaviour

5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of train conductors to tackle avoidable disruptive behaviour on trains.