Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were working on the HS2 phase 1 contract at Carillion when that company went into liquidation; and whether under the terms of the HS2 contract with CEK JV those staff will be offered a TUPE transfer to Kier or Eiffage.

The number of Carillion staff employed in the joint venture working on HS2 Phase One on Monday 15 January, date of liquidation, was 51. Eiffage and Kier’s aim is to make an offer to bring all 51 employees into either company; however not necessarily all will take up that offer.

Discussions led by senior representatives from Eiffage and Kier are proposing that all Carillion staff deployed on the HS2 project would be given offers to remain on the project with equivalent service conditions as before to ensure continuity of service to HS2.