Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities his Department has consulted on the progress of plans for the construction of High Speed 2 since May 2015.
The Department has conducted four consultations since May 2015, all of which relate in various ways to preparation and planning for the construction of High Speed Two. As these were public consultations, all local authorities were of course able to respond to these. The consultations were:
At the conclusion of each consultation, a list of all respondents is published on GOV.UK
In addition to formal consultation, there is also extensive and ongoing engagement with local authorities along the HS2 line of route.