Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many claims for compensation for owners of land and property for the construction of HS2 have yet to be finalised; and what is the total outstanding.

Statutory compensation is payable to eligible businesses and residential owners where part, or all, of their land is directly affected by plans for HS2. A total of 1,357 properties are located in the direct footprint of the railway, railway infrastructure, or related works where statutory compensation is payable.

The Government has introduced a comprehensive package of statutory and non-statutory schemes to support owners of properties impacted by HS2. As at 30 November 2018, at total of £1.95 billion has been paid under these schemes.

The amount of compensation outstanding is dependent on the number of successful claims yet to be made across all three phases of HS2.