Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints have been received from landowners in relation to the valuation of property in the HS2 (a) statutory blight and (b) non-statutory property compensation schemes.

Valuation disputes fall outside of HS2 Ltd.’s formal complaints procedure as it is covered by other processes, whether in the Compensation Code or Government policy.

These areas include:

• matters set out in a contract with HS2 Ltd. or a company working for HS2 Ltd (for example, a licence for access to land or property);
• matters set out in English law (for example, the process set out for dealing with blight notices);
• the valuation of a property that HS2 Ltd are buying;
• matters to do with compensation HS2 Ltd are paying as a result of compulsory purchase; and
• reviews or appeals about decisions under any of HS2 Ltd’s statutory or discretionary property schemes.