Department for Transport written question – answered at on 15 January 2020.
Joy Morrissey
Conservative, Beaconsfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Compulsory Purchase Orders in Denham were undertaken by HS2 Ltd in the last five years.
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
One compulsory purchase notice was issued in Denham since February 2017. This is the point at which powers to compulsorily acquire land for HS2 were conferred on the Secretary of State through the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017.
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