HOW COSTLY PROJECT WENT OFF RAILS

£4.1bnamount spent since HS2 Limited was set up in 2009 £4.2bnofficial forecast for average spending every year over next decade

£6bn

how much ministers now think will be needed every year £56bn official budget for entire project

315employees

- almost a quarter of workforce - paid at least £100,000 £602,000 annual pay package of chief executive Mark Thurston £104 billion budget estimated by rail consultant Michael Byng £1bnestimated cost of new Old Oak Common station

2024

when first leg between London and Birmingham is scheduled to be completed 2033scheduled opening date for link between Birmingham and northern England