High Speed 2 Railway Line

(asked on 17th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Network Rail on 16 September that they are reviewing every scheme in the rail network enhancements pipeline to test their viability and business case, whether they are subjecting HS2 to the same review process.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 25th September 2020

The programme was comprehensively reset in February 2020 with a revised budget and schedule. The Department published the Full Business Case for Phase One in April and authorised the start of construction.

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