Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff at HS2 Ltd have (a) resigned (b) been made redundant and (c) been employed on (i) a fixed-term contract, (ii) a full-time basis and (iii) secondment in the most recent 12 month period for which data is available.

a) 170 employees have resigned within the period of 01/11/2016 until 31/10/2017 (excluding redundancies).

b) 77 employees were redundant within the period of 01/11/2016 until 31/10/2017.

c) i. 70 employees were employed on a fixed term contracts between 01/11/2016 – 31/10/2017 and currently HS2 Ltd has a total of 59 employees on Fixed term contracts at 31/10/2017.

ii. 246 employees were employed full time between 01/11/2016 – 31/10/2017 and currently HS2 Ltd has a total of 1083 employees full time as at 31/10/2017 (including fixed term contracts).

iii. 33 resources were seconded into HS2 between 01/11/2016 – 31/10/2017 and currently HS2 Ltd has a total of 84 resources seconded into HS2 as at 31/10/2017.

HS2 Ltd also employed

iv. 144 interim or temporary staff between 01/11/2016 – 31/10/2017 and currently has a total of 123 interim or temporary staff as at 31/10/2017; and

v. 151 individuals through contracted Delivery and Development Partners between 01/11/2016 – 31/10/2017 and currently has a total of 233 individuals through contracted Delivery and Development Partners as at 31/10/2017.