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High Speed 2 Line

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 220712, tabled on 14 January 2015

Question

Frank Dobson
Labour
Holborn and St Pancras
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any employers have indicated an intention to transfer activities from London to Birmingham after the opening of Phase 1 of High Speed 2.

Answer

Mr Robert Goodwill
Conservative
Scarborough and Whitby
Commons

Answered on

19 January 2015

HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport are not aware of any businesses that have indicated that they plan to relocate from London to Birmingham. However, as the HS2 scheme is not expected to receive Royal Assent until 2016 and will not be operational until 2026, the Department would not expect businesses to make relocation plans at this early stage.

In the interim period however, Greater Birmingham and Solihull’s Local Enterprise Partnership are undertaking work as part of both their Strategic Economic Plans to attract more jobs and businesses to their area. They are also developing HS2 Growth Strategies to maximise the wider benefits the railway will bring.

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