Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the costs of operating a discretionary compensation scheme along the planned High Speed 2 Phase One route in the period to one year after the opening of Phase One.
The current estimate of the costs of operating discretionary compensation schemes along the planned High Speed 2 Phase One route in the period to one year after the opening of Phase One is £655m (based on 2Q 2011 prices). Additionally we estimate that the homeowner payment scheme will be £20m.