Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have been required to sign non disclosure agreements with HS2 Ltd since 2010.
HS2 Ltd’s records regarding non-disclosure agreements (or confidentiality agreements) date back to 2012. These agreements enable the sharing of confidential or commercially sensitive information with local authorities in connection with the delivery of HS2 and are entered into by mutual consent.
Disclosure of these agreements is subject to obligations of confidentiality but, to the extent I can identify local authorities, the following have entered into such agreements:
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Warwickshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council
Lichfield District Council
Stafford Borough Council
Cheshire East Council
Shropshire Council
Bolsover District Council
Erewash Borough Council
Trafford Borough Council
Cheshire East Council
Nottingham City Council
North East Derbyshire District Council
Rushcliffe Borough Council
North Yorkshire County Council
Doncaster Borough Council
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Chesterfield Borough Council
Leeds City Council
Council of the City of Wakefield
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough council
North West Leicestershire District Council
Nottinghamshire County Council
Cheshire West & Chester Council
Warwickshire County Council
Tamworth Borough Council
Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
Stoke City Council;
Warrington Borough Council; and
Derbyshire County Council