Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 217418, how much of the £2,506,977.66 spent on rail fares by HS2 Ltd between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 was spent on (a) first class fares, (b) second class fares and (c) fares that attract savings.
The breakdown of the £2,506,977 spent on rail fares by HS2 Ltd between 1 January and 31 December 2018 is as follows
a) £0 was spent on first class fares.
b) There are no second class fares*
c) A percentage saving was made on fares valuing £1,521,880
*£2,496,975 was spent on standard class and the remainder on Eurostar tickets