Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account he took of (a) the extended timetable of work on High Speed 2 and the increased intensity of such work compared to the original plan, (b) potential additional blight caused by rebuilding Euston station in phase B2, (c) potential additional blight caused by the construction of Crossrail 2 and (d) development work at Euston station now integral to High Speed 2 in deciding appropriate compensation to people in (i) the London Borough of Camden and (ii) other parts of London affected by High Speed 2 and Additional Provision 3.

HS2 Ltd deposited an Additional Provision (AP3) to the HS2 Phase One hybrid Bill on 16 September 2015 which includes revised plans for London Euston station. The new plans focus on an incremental strategy which will deliver new high speed platforms (Stages A and B1) and do not preclude wider redevelopment of the existing station in the future (Stage B2).

By concentrating construction on certain locations at a time, disruption to the area as a whole at any one time will be reduced and easier to mitigate. Construction of the original hybrid Bill proposal would have meant a far more intense period of disruption for the community.

In the Euston area, as with all affected areas, we will continue to look for ways to further reduce the level of disruption as part of the design development process.

The government’s proposals for statutory and discretionary compensation for the whole of the Phase One route were announced in the “HS2 property compensation consultation 2013 for the London to West Midlands route: decision document”, published 9 April 2014 and also the “Decision Document: Property Consultation 2014 for the London–West Midlands HS2 Route”, published 16 January 2015.