Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the cancellation of the second phase of HS2 on the value for money of the project.

The economic assessment of the decision to proceed with building HS2 between Euston and Birmingham Curzon Street was set out in the Accounting Officer Assessment published by the Department on 5 October 2023. Every penny of the £36bn of savings from cancelling future phases of HS2 will be invested in transport project across the country, including considerable investment in the North East.