Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many residential properties have been acquired by HS2 Ltd by (a) compulsory purchase, (b) through private agreement, and (c) statutory blight in (i) Rother Valley and (ii) England.

HS2 Ltd. does not classify it’s cases by property type, such as “residential” in this way. Properties frequently have a mixed use clarification or can contain more than one type of property.

i) With regards to properties acquired in the Rother Valley:

1. 0 properties have been acquired by compulsory purchase as this area is not currently covered by CPO powers. Such powers come post Royal Assent of a Bill.
2. 1 property has been acquired through Private Agreement.
3. 37 properties have been acquired via Statutory Blight (or the Express Purchase Scheme)

ii) With regards to properties acquired in England:

1. Information not held at a property level for compulsory purchase.
2. 60 properties have been acquired through Private Agreement.

600 properties have been acquired via Statutory Blight (or the Express Purchase Scheme