Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to announce its decision on the route of Phase Two of High Speed 2 between Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The government will set out how to take forward HS2 Phase Two later this year.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of the Exceptional Hardship Scheme from its inception to its replacement by the Need to Sell scheme.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
To date the total cost of properties purchased under the Exceptional Hardship Scheme for the Phase One route is £83,952,010. There are a number of transactions that are yet to be completed.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the costs of operating a discretionary compensation scheme along the planned High Speed 2 Phase One route in the period to one year after the opening of Phase One.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The current estimate of the costs of operating discretionary compensation schemes along the planned High Speed 2 Phase One route in the period to one year after the opening of Phase One is £655m (based on 2Q 2011 prices). Additionally we estimate that the homeowner payment scheme will be £20m.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining the High Speed 2 network over the 60 year appraisal period set out in his Department's publication, The Economic Case for HS2.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Economic Case for HS2 published in October 2013 estimates that infrastructure maintenance costs for the HS2 network amount to £1,454m (2011 prices, PV) for Phase 1 and £2,931m (2011 prices, PV) for the full Y-Network over the 60 year appraisal period.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of construction of the proposed tunnel for High Speed 2 from Old Oak Common to Euston.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The estimated cost of construction for the proposed tunnel for High Speed 2 from Old Oak Common to Euston is £434m. This costs figure (which is based on Q2 2011 prices) includes construction of the associated shafts and portals, but excludes land and property costs.
Asked by: Dominic Grieve (Independent - Beaconsfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on proposals to connect the High Speed 2 railway line with Heathrow Airport.
Answered by Lord McLoughlin
I am aware that the proposed Heathrow spur causes great concern to local residents. I would now like to make clear that we do not intend to build the spur as part of Phase 1 or 2 of the HS2 scheme.
In November 2014, the Airports Commission published a high-level review of the implications of a HS2 spur on surface access to Heathrow Airport, as part of the supporting technical documents for their public consultation on the three short-listed schemes for airport expansion. This review indicated that an HS2 spur is highly unlikely to be necessary to support any expansion of Heathrow airport.