Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total salary payment will be received by the HS2 Ltd Finance Director between 30 October 2017 and the end of the 2017-18 financial year.

In line with the Government’s policy on transparency, HS2 Ltd publishes details of employees who receive more than £150,000 per annum on the Cabinet Office website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-officials-high-earners-salaries

The current Finance Director at HS2 Ltd is an interim employee, the incoming permanent Finance Director’s salary details will be published in line with this policy once they have taken up their post in January 2018.

The Chief Financial Officer’s salary is £415,000 and is also published in line with the Government’s policy on transparency.