Assurances made to petitioners

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Dear High Speed Two (HS2) Limited,

I wish to make an enquiry regarding agreements which have been made between HS2 Ltd and people and organisations who have petitioned against HS2.

Firstly, can you confirm that
a) homeowners
b) businesses
c) landowners
Have been offered deals or assurances which have been conditional on signing confidentiality agreements and agreeing to withdraw petitions, and how many of incidences fall into each category a-c.

How many such agreements have been struck with homeowners who are:

d) Less than 120 metres from the proposed centre line of HS2.
e) Between 120 and 180 metres from the proposed centre line of HS2.
f) Between 180 and 240 metres from the proposed centre line of HS2.
g) Between 240 and 300 metres from the proposed centre line of HS2.
h) Over 300 metres from the proposed centre line of HS2.

And what is the greatest distance from the centre line of HS2 that such an agreement has been made.

Falling within the categories d-h above, how many agreements have been made which include:

i) triple glazing
j) noise insulation in roof cavities
k) offers to build extensions
l) cash
m) each combination of i-l above

Again, with regard to categories d-h above, please state the average cash offer for each area, for each combination of i-l above.

Yours faithfully,
Joe Rukin.

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Dear Mr Rukin,

 

Thank you for your query.  We are treating this as a request under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.  The law allows us 20 working days to
process your request and we will respond by 31 December 2014.

 

Please note your reference number for this request is FOI14-1222.

 

Kind regards,

 

Karen MacKnight | Freedom of Information Team | HS2 Ltd

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Dear Mr Rukin

 

Please see attached our reply to your request of 28 November.   I will
send a separate e-mail regarding your latest request later today.

 

 

Regards

Karen

 

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Dear Mrs Macknight,

Your reference FOI14-1222

I refer to your letter of the 30th December 2014.

Thank you for confirming that HS2 Ltd have entered into a contractual agreement with petitioners of a mixed business/residential property.

Please provide a copy of all the information contained in the contract that you refer to. You should regard this as a request under the provisions of the EIRs. You should appreciate that a public authority cannot contract itself out of the provisions of the EIRs simply by unilaterally obliging a third party to sign a non-disclosure agreement. I recognise that you may wish to redact the limited information that identifies private individuals.

At the same time as providing this requested information, please would you provide the documented information that explains the reasoning behind HS2 Ltd’s decision to oblige 1. such a non-disclosure agreement and 2. the withdrawal of this petitions.

Secondly, I have now looked at the published “register of undertakings and assurances” that you drew to my attention. I note that none of the items listed refer to an undertaking, and none of the assurances listed are in respect of particular individuals or localities so I am not clear how this register relates to my enquiry. Perhaps you could clarify? For the assistance of all parties, I would suggest that it would be helpful if the register provided a hyperlink to the documentation for the undertakings or assurances referenced.

Yours sincerely,

Joe Rukin

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Dear Mr Rukin

Thank you for your enquiry. We are treating this as a Freedom of Information Request. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows us 20 working days to process your request. As such we will reply by 30 January.

In relation to the information on the assurances and undertakings agreed with petitioners that was provided to you, I apologise if we were not clear, this information was provided as we thought it may have been of general interest to you.

Please note your reference number for this request is FOI14-1240.

Kind regards,

G Walsh

Freedom of Information Team | HS2 Ltd

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High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, 7th Floor, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU | www.hs2.org.uk

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Dear Mr Rukin,

Please see the attached PDF for the response to your Freedom of Information request FOI14-1240.

Kind regards,

G Walsh

Freedom of Information Team | HS2 Ltd

Tel: 020 7944 4908 | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
High Speed Two (HS2) One Canada Square, London E14 5AB

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