Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of High Speed Two construction sites are in operation as at 13 July 2020.

229 sites out of a possible 244 sites are open, meaning that 94% of sites that could be open are open. All Construction sites for Main Works Civils on the Phase One route are open. A small number of enabling works construction sites remain closed/paused, primarily due to work requiring access to residents’ homes.