Tree Planting: Highways England
Commons · Question 26904 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees have been planted by Highways England in each year between 2014 and 2024; and what the cost to the public purse was of this work.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 5 Feb 2025
National Highways (NH) does not keep a central record of the number of trees they have planted across England in any given year. However, as outlined in their ‘Net zero highways: our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan’, NH aims to plant at least 3 million trees by 2...