Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 33
33
Deferred
Department defends new Euston delivery body necessity due to project complexity and private investment.
Conclusion
We challenged the Department over the necessity and added risk of establishing an additional delivery body to oversee the works at Euston and its surroundings. The Department recognised that setting up new organisations is far more complex and difficult than is often thought, and that its experience with HS2 Ltd demonstrates that it is difficult to set up high–functioning new organisations delivering extremely complex infrastructure. However, the Department told us that the task at Euston is quite different to HS2 Ltd’s core mission of building a railway. The Department explained that the challenge at Euston is more complex, with more moving parts and different opportunities within it, such as attracting private investment, which is a different skill set and poses a different set of technical challenges.58
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the committee's recommendation and commits to providing an update on progress at Euston in its next six-monthly report to Parliament, expected in Summer 2025.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Summer 2025 6.2 The department’s next six-monthly update to Parliament is expected to be published in Summer 2025 and will include an update on progress on Euston. 6.3 The department is also responding to the Committee’s letter of 6 March 2025 requesting an update on the HS2 Euston tunnelling schedule.