Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was allocated to Phase (a) 2a and (b) 2b of the HS2 project in (i) 2024-25, (ii) 2025-26, (iii) 2026-27, (iv) 2027-28, (v) 2028-29 and (vi) 2029-30 before 4 October 2023.

As set out in the Command Paper to Parliament: Network North – Transforming British Transport, the decision to cancel HS2 Phases 2a and 2b will free up £36 billion in savings. This is money that this Government will reinvest, in full, into projects which will benefit towns, cities and rural areas across the United Kingdom.