HS2 Euston

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 15 Feb 2023 Closed: 24 Sep 2023 Parliament page
The Committee will question Dame Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport and Mark Thurston, Chief Executive of HS2 Ltd on progress with the design and development of a new HS2 station at Euston. Questions will include how the risks to value for money are being managed, integration … Read more
13 Recommendations
14 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
24 Sep
2023
Report published
7 Jul
2023
Report published
15 May
2023
Correspondence
24 Apr
2023
Oral evidence
24 Apr
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
24 Apr 2023
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HS2 Euston
Alan Over · Department for Transport Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB · Department for Transport Mark Thurston · HS2 Ltd
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixty-Third Report - HS2 Euston HC 1004 7 Jul 2023 27 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
24 Conclusion Acknowledged
Sixty-Third Report - HS2 Euston
Recurring departmental failures in budgeting, cost estimation, and integration across major rail programmes
The Department’s failures around budgeting, cost estimation and integration on the Euston project are not new. We have reported on these as part of our examination of other major rail programmes over the years. For example, on the Thameslink Programme, … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledged the committee's observation about past failures, stating it fosters a strong culture of learning lessons from major rail programmes and is applying them across HS2, including specific initiatives and sharing insights with less mature projects.
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25 Recommendation Acknowledged
Sixty-Third Report - HS2 Euston
Department has not demonstrably embedded lessons learned into major rail programmes
We concluded in our 2021 progress update on Crossrail that the Department had still not demonstrated that it is embedding lessons learned into its major programmes.62 When we asked the Department again about learning lessons, the Department and HS2 Ltd … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the recommendation to embed lessons learned, stating it has a strong culture of learning from major rail programmes, works with the IPA, and applies lessons across HS2 phases through various initiatives, aiming for implementation by Summer 2025.
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26 Conclusion Acknowledged
Sixty-Third Report - HS2 Euston
Department identifies recurring lessons from Euston for future complex station developments
In terms of what it has learned from Euston, the Department told us that there are lessons on cost estimation, the treatment of contingency and managing integration on large and complex stations. These are all issues we have seen before … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledged the committee's observation regarding lessons learned from Euston, stating it fosters a culture of learning and will apply these lessons, particularly sharing insights with projects like Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham Curzon Street.
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27 Conclusion Acknowledged
Sixty-Third Report - HS2 Euston
Advanced HS2 stations provide valuable data for later phases and integrated development
In comparison the Department and HS2 Ltd noted that other HS2 stations may be less complex or already more advanced in their progress than Euston, such as Curzon Street in Birmingham, where HS2 Ltd told us that the civil works … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledged the committee's observation about drawing lessons from more advanced stations, stating it actively shares learning from mature projects like Birmingham Curzon Street with less mature ones such as Euston and Manchester Piccadilly.
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Government Response AI assessment · 27 of 13 classified
Accepted 12
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 5
Rejected 6
Total 13 recs + 14 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
15 May 2023 Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, re Public Accounts Committee Hearing on HS2 Euston – Monday April 24th, 2023, dated 3 May 2023
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