High Speed Two Railway Line
(asked on 7th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been of consultants working on High Speed 2.
This question was answered on 15th February 2017
HS2 Ltd element of consultancy expenditure, as defined by the Cabinet Office, is not readily available in the format requested and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
As defined by the Cabinet Office, the Department for Transport (High Speed Rail Group) expenditure on consultancy (i.e. provision of advice) on High Speed 2 for the period April 2011 to March 2016 was £29.7m.