Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) homes and (b) businesses were acquired by HS2 Limited as part of works relating to Phase 2a and Phase 2b of HS2.

On HS2 Phase 2a, a total of 12.31 square kilometres of land has been permanently acquired (including long leaseholds) within the limits provided for in the HS2 Phase 2a Act. In addition some properties have been acquired outside the limits of the Act, under the various HS2 property schemes.

Some parcels of land within the limits of the Phase 2a Act have been used for early construction works, and all other land and property on Phase 2a is managed by HS2 Ltd until it is required. As of August 2023, there were 233 land and property assets within this category.

On Phase 2b 740 land and property assets have been acquired. We use the term “land and property assets” as these figures include plots of land and farmland in addition to properties.