Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much under contract (a) has been paid and (b) will be paid by (i) HS2 Ltd and (ii) his Department in relation to High Speed Two to (A) Dods Group Plc for parliamentary monitoring and political services and (B) Edge Picture Company for corporate training, promotional and broadcast media films.

The HS2 overall funding envelope is £55.7bn and we report annually via HS2 Ltd’s annual reporting account on overall spending.