High Speed 2: Progress at Summer 2021

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 7 Jun 2021 Closed: 14 Dec 2021 Parliament page
One year ago the Public Accounts Committee reported that the High-Speed 2 rail project was “badly off course” with project managers “blindsided by contact with reality” , as it raised serious concerns about the official account that had been provided to the Committee, over time, of the project’s health. The … Read more
11 Recommendations
19 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
5 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 9 events
14 Dec
2021
Report published
25 Oct
2021
Correspondence
22 Sep
2021
Report published
20 Jul
2021
Correspondence
20 Jul
2021
Correspondence
24 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
21 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
21 Jun
2021
Correspondence
10 Jun
2021
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
24 Jun 2021
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Bernadette Kelly · Department for Transport Clive Maxwell · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Mark Thurston · HS2 Ltd
21 Jun 2021
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HS2 recall
Craig Wakeman · West Midlands Combined Authority Sir John Armitt · National Infrastructure Commission Sir Mark Worthington · HS2 Ltd
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventeenth Report- HS2 Summer 2021 HC 329 22 Sep 2021 30 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
29 Conclusion Not Addressed
Seventeenth Report- HS2 Summer 2021
In May 2021, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman published a report that found that...
In May 2021, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman published a report that found that HS2 Ltd had misled and failed to communicate promptly and effectively with a family whose home was being purchased to make way for the railway.68 … Read more
Government Response
The government's response addressed a separate recommendation (labelled '6') regarding community engagement and environmental issues, stating they had written to the Committee and significant improvements have been made, rather than directly engaging with conclusion #29's specific observations about HS2 Ltd's past communication failures and current engagement efforts.
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30 Conclusion Not Addressed
Seventeenth Report- HS2 Summer 2021
HS2 Ltd told us that there had already been significant activity from environmental protests at...
HS2 Ltd told us that there had already been significant activity from environmental protests at various sites along the Phase One route. Most notably, protesters tunnelled beneath land owned by HS2 Ltd at Euston. HS2 Ltd told us that this … Read more
Government Response
The government's response addressed a separate recommendation on community engagement and environmental issues, stating steps taken and improvements, rather than directly engaging with conclusion #30's specific observations about protest costs and HS2 Ltd needing more government support to manage them.
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Government Response AI assessment · 30 of 11 classified
Accepted 23
Acknowledged 5
Not Addressed 2
Total 11 recs + 19 conclusions
Correspondence 5 letters
25 Oct 2021 Correspondence from Mark Wild, CEO, Crossrail Ltd, re Crossrail progress update: Summer 2021, dated 1 October 2021
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20 Jul 2021 Correspondence from Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, re High Speed 2: Progress at Summer 2021 – further information, dated 13 July 2021
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20 Jul 2021 Correspondence Mark Thurston, Chief Executive Officer, High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, re High Speed 2: Progress at Summer 2021, dated 13 July 2021
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21 Jun 2021 Correspondence from Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, re Accounting Officer Assessment summary for HS2 Phase 2a, dated 16 June 2021
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10 Jun 2021 Correspondence Mark Thurston, Chief Executive Officer, High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, re Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Report, May 2021, dated 28 May 2021
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