Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much compensation was awarded to (a) individuals and (b) companies as a result of the High Speed Two route.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The first of the non-statutory property compensation schemes was introduced on Phase One in January 2010. Since then, the wider suite of statutory and non-statutory schemes have been progressively applied to the three phases of the HS2 route. The Government conducted large scale public consultations before extending the non-statutory property compensation schemes to each phase of the route. The schemes are generous and comprehensive.
The Government does not publish the date or details of individual compensation awards. Since the first property compensation scheme was launched in January 2010, a total of £1,791,287,522 has been paid out as at the end of May 2018 to residential and commercial property owners. The schemes will remain in place until one year after each phase of HS2 is fully operational.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the dates on which recipients of compensation from the original route received their payments.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The first of the non-statutory property compensation schemes was introduced on Phase One in January 2010. Since then, the wider suite of statutory and non-statutory schemes have been progressively applied to the three phases of the HS2 route. The Government conducted large scale public consultations before extending the non-statutory property compensation schemes to each phase of the route. The schemes are generous and comprehensive.
The Government does not publish the date or details of individual compensation awards. Since the first property compensation scheme was launched in January 2010, a total of £1,791,287,522 has been paid out as at the end of May 2018 to residential and commercial property owners. The schemes will remain in place until one year after each phase of HS2 is fully operational.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the decision was taken to award compensation to people affected by HS2.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The first of the non-statutory property compensation schemes was introduced on Phase One in January 2010. Since then, the wider suite of statutory and non-statutory schemes have been progressively applied to the three phases of the HS2 route. The Government conducted large scale public consultations before extending the non-statutory property compensation schemes to each phase of the route. The schemes are generous and comprehensive.
The Government does not publish the date or details of individual compensation awards. Since the first property compensation scheme was launched in January 2010, a total of £1,791,287,522 has been paid out as at the end of May 2018 to residential and commercial property owners. The schemes will remain in place until one year after each phase of HS2 is fully operational.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many letters he has received from (a) individuals and (b) companies on compensation for the original HS2 route.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The number of letters received by the Department on Property Compensation in the last three years on the original HS2 route is listed below:
Year | Letters |
2016 | 82 |
2017 | 69 |
2018 | 41 |
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much compensation has been disbursed from the public purse to home-owners who are affected by the High Speed Two project in Leicestershire to date.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The total cash sum paid to homeowners affected by the High Speed Two (HS2) project in Leicestershire to date is £1,824,533.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many properties purchased under the Exceptional Hardship Scheme in respect of High Speed 2 were still in the ownership of the Government at 1 March 2017.
Answered by Andrew Jones
A total of 234 properties have been acquired under the Exceptional Hardship Scheme (EHS). The Need To Sell (NTS) Scheme replaced the EHS for Phase One in January 2015, 2a in May 2016, and Phase 2b in November 2016; and an additional 56 properties have been acquired under the NTS scheme.
All properties acquired remain in the ownership of the Secretary of State as at 1 March 2017.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average amount is that has been paid out to people under the HS2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Government recognises that proposals for HS2 can cause uncertainty for individuals, communities and small businesses and has had an effect on property prices in the vicinity of the route. As a result it launched an Exceptional Hardship Scheme (EHS) to assist those most affected to sell their home to Government at its unblighted market value.
The average amount paid out under the HS2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme is £629,395.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funds paid out to properties under the HS2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme or Need to Sell Scheme which no longer fulfil the criteria of those schemes where the route of High Speed 2 is changed will be recovered.
Answered by Andrew Jones
It is the Government’s intention that properties acquired under the various HS2 compensation schemes and that are not required for construction of the railway will be returned to the housing market. Where this occurs properties will be sold at market value.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse has been paid to owners of Leicestershire properties under the HS2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The amount paid out to eligible owner-occupiers in Leicestershire under the HS2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme was £2,964,420.