High Speed 2 Railway Line: Stafford
(asked on 8th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many houses in Stafford constituency have been purchased by the (a) Need to Sell scheme, (b) Statutory Blight scheme, (c) Express Purchase scheme and (d) other schemes since each scheme was launched; and what the average cost is of each such purchase.
The number and average value of houses purchased in the Stafford constituency broken down by HS2 scheme is as follows
HS2 Scheme | Number of Homes Purchased | Average Value of Purchase |
Exceptional Hardship Scheme (Note 1) | 15 | £404,147 |
Need to Sell | 7 | £403,428 |
Statutory Blight | 6 | £614,167 |
Rural Support Zone Voluntary Purchase | 2 | £420,000 |
Note 1 - In May 2016 the Exceptional Hardship Scheme was withdrawn for the Phase 2a section of HS2 when the Need to Sell scheme was confirmed for this part of the route.