Question follow-through · 60914
High Speed 2 Line: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost in (a) 2019 prices and (b) today after being adjusted for inflation of HS2 as estimated by CEO of HS2 Ltd in his preliminary report to her Department.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost in (a) 2019 prices and (b) today after being adjusted for inflation of HS2 as estimated by CEO of HS2 Ltd in his preliminary report to her Department.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jun 2025
Answer published
Mark Wild is leading a comprehensive reset of the programme to deliver the remaining works at the lowest reasonable cost. As part of this work, he will advise the Department on a revised cost estimate for HS2. As Mark Wild set out in his letter, HS2 Ltd’s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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