Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2024 to Question 12372 on High Speed 2 Line: Costs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) acquiring and (b) managing (i) land and (ii) property associated with HS2 Phase 2 in (A) financial year 2024-25 and (B) the next five years.

Details regarding HS2 budgets for financial year 2024-25 are still being finalised. Funding regarding the period beyond FY2024-25 will be subject to an agreement of the next fiscal event.