High Speed 2 Railway Line

Transport written question – answered at on 1 May 2012.

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Photo of Steven Baker Steven Baker Conservative, Wycombe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the contribution of her predecessor to the Transport Committee, Oral Evidence, HC 1185, Q 554, on high speed rail, whether it remains her Department's policy to place the High Speed 2 scheme under close scrutiny in the event that the estimated benefit to cost ratio falls below 1.5; and if she will make a statement.

Photo of Justine Greening Justine Greening The Secretary of State for Transport

holding answer 30 April 2012

Appraisal of the High Speed 2 scheme will continue to be carried out in a rigorous manner in accordance with the Department's well-established WebTag guidance. The BCR forms only part of the decision-making process alongside the wider business case, including strategic, commercial, financial and management cases. I shall continue to scrutinise all aspects of the project carefully, as I would any scheme of this scale and importance.

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