Biodiversity: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 128309 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether funding for the Alpha phase of the BNG metric digitisation programme was based on the Equal Experts Discovery Report on error rates in BNG metric submissions.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 28 Apr 2026
Funding for the Alpha phase of the BNG metric digitisation project followed completion of the Discovery phase, which is an early, exploratory stage in the Government Digital Service lifecycle. Decisions to progress from Discovery to Alpha, and to commit f...