Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications have been made to the HS2 Need to Sell Scheme from urban areas; and how many of those applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
Information is only held in respect of Need to Sell (NTS) applications for each individual phase of HS2 without distinction as to whether a property is located in an urban or rural area. Information could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
We also consider that disclosing low numbers of applications would identify individuals whose property was purchased under the NTS scheme and those applicants have an expectation that this information would remain confidential.