Question follow-through · 5942
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of (a) the minimum, (b) the expected and (c) the maximum savings arising from reducing the design speed of HS2 from 360 km/h to 320 km/h; how those savings have been calculated; and w
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
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Transport
- Euston Station: Finance · 3 Jun 2026
- High Speed 2 Line · 3 Jun 2026
- Transport: Infrastructure · 3 Jun 2026
- Transport: Infrastructure · 3 Jun 2026
- Transport: Infrastructure · 3 Jun 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of (a) the minimum, (b) the expected and (c) the maximum savings arising from reducing the design speed of HS2 from 360 km/h to 320 km/h; how those savings have been calculated; and w
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
As recently set out in the Secretary of State’s statement to the House, she accepted the recommendation to bring HS2 into line with proven leading European high-speed operating standards, including operating HS2 at up to 320 kilometres per hour (kph),supp...
Official data retrieved 28 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.
Euston Station: Finance
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's planned timetable is for securing private investment for Euston station; whether discussions have taken place with potential investors; and what contingency plans exist should sufficient p
High Speed 2 Line
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is committed in principle to extending high-speed rail infrastructure beyond Birmingham in the future.
Transport: Infrastructure
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) current or former Ministers, (b) senior civil servants, (c) HS2 Ltd executives and (d) HS2 Ltd contractors have been referred for (i) disciplinary action, (ii) misconduct proceedings and (iii) i
Transport: Infrastructure
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals identified in the Lovegrove report remain employed by (a) the Department for Transport, (b) HS2 Ltd and (c) other public bodies.
Transport: Infrastructure
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to recover public money from contractors and suppliers whose actions contributed to cost overruns identified in the Lovegrove report.
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of delivering HS2 Euston station; how much of that cost is included within the £87.7 billion to £102.7 billion cost range announced on 19 May 2026; and what proportion of
Railways: Birmingham and Greater Manchester
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget has been allocated to the feasibility study into future rail connectivity between Birmingham and Manchester; what options will be considered; whether construction of a new high-speed railway will be
Railways: Standards
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what route-by-route performance data the Department holds on short-formed passenger rail services across all operators; what assessment has been made of the impact of short formation on passenger overcrowding,
Rolling Stock
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the principal causes of continued short-formed rail services; whether her Department has modelled rolling stock availability over the next five years; what assessment he
Department for Transport: Statistics
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of reasons for (a) postponing and (b) cancelling planned statistical publications; whether Ministers have received advice identifying concerns regarding (
Department for Transport: Statistics
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department maintains a register of statistical publications considered to be at risk of delay; how many official statistical publications are classified as high risk; whether additional resources ha
High Speed 2 Line: Apprentices
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many residents of (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constituency and (b) Walsall local authority area have (i) started and (ii) completed an apprenticeship connected with HS2; and how many of those completing an appr