High Speed 2 Railway Line
(asked on 18th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the accuracy of the costings set out in the report into High Speed 2 by Michael Byng.
This question was answered on 5th September 2017
In January, we invited Michael Byng to provide details to substantiate his claims. None have been forthcoming. No Minister has met him or discussed his thoughts on costs.
HS2 Ltd have a robust cost estimation process, which is developed by professional experts and subject to both a rigorous internal and external assurance process.
HS2 is on time, and on budget at £55.7bn. We set that out in the 2015 Spending Review and it has not changed.