Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any ministerial direction in relation to (1) costs, or (2) programme, has been sought by any of the accounting officers responsible for HS2; if so, when; and for what purpose.
All ministerial directions are published online on Gov.UK if carried out. Since the appointment of the current Permanent Secretary in April 2017, no ministerial directions have been sought on HS2 as accounting officer responsible for the project.