Information between 3rd November 2023 - 30th July 2026
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High Speed Two
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 11th March 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will name the accounting officers, officials and ministers with responsibility for HS2 from 2015 to present. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) Within the Department for Transport, the Permanent Secretaries and Principal Accounting Officers with responsibility for High Speed Two (HS2) from 2015 to present are Philip Rutnam and Bernadette Kelly. The Directors General and Senior Responsible Owners for the project during that time period are David Prout, Michael Hurn (acting), Clive Maxwell, and Alan Over.
With respect to ministers, the Secretaries of State for Transport since 2015 bore ultimate ministerial responsibility for the project. In chronological order, they have been Patrick McLoughlin, Christopher Grayling, Grant Shapps, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Mark Harper, Louise Haigh, and Heidi Alexander.
Under the Secretary of State for Transport, various ministers have shared ministerial responsibility for HS2 within the Department since 2015. In chronological order, they have been Robert Goodwill, Paul Maynard, Nusrat Ghani, Andrew Stephenson, Trudy Harrison, Kevin Foster, Huw Merriman, and Lord Peter Hendy.
Within HS2 Ltd, individuals holding Chief Executive Officer and Accounting Officer responsibilities since 2015 have been, in chronological order, Simon Kirby, Roy Hill, Mark Thurston, Sir Jon Thompson, Alan Foster, and Mark Wild.
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Friday 27th June 2025
Cabinet Office Source Page: Cabinet Office: business expenses, hospitality and meetings for senior officials, January to March 2025 Document: (webpage) Found: ICE Lunch No Nick Smallwood 2025-01-30 Arms Length Bodies Breakfast No Nick Smallwood 2025-02-18 Simon Kirby |
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Friday 27th June 2025
Cabinet Office Source Page: Cabinet Office: business expenses, hospitality and meetings for senior officials, January to March 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found: |
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Mar. 25 2026
UK Statistics Authority Source Page: Independent Review of the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) 2023 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI) Mexico Paul Johnson CBE, Institute of Fiscal Studies Simon Kirby |
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Nov. 06 2024
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards Source Page: Previous lists of ministers' interests Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: spouse, partner or close family member Ms Ellison’s husband is a partner at Clyde & Co Simon Kirby |
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Nov. 06 2024
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards Source Page: Previous lists of ministers' interests Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: consultant at Freshfields, Bruckhaus Deringer Stephen Barclay MP No relevant interests Simon Kirby |
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Nov. 06 2024
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards Source Page: Previous lists of ministers' interests Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: consultant at Freshfields, Bruckhaus Deringer Stephen Barclay MP No relevant interests Simon Kirby |