Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) properties and (b) businesses purchased for Phase 2B of HS2 his Department intends to sell.

Any land and property that is no longer required will be sold, and a programme is being developed to do this. An assessment of the exact numbers of land and property assets that will be sold has yet to be made as some of the assets will be retained for Northern Powerhouse Rail.