Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for the recruitment of a new chief executive for HS2 Ltd.
Recruitment for the permanent role is underway. HS2 Ltd expect to select the candidate early in the New Year and anticipate the individual should be in place by summer 2017. In order to ensure that there continues to be strong executive leadership during this period HS2 Ltd has this week appointed Roy Hill as the interim CEO. He will take up his position in November.