Written questions

Network Rail: Biodiversity

Commons · Question 7522 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 18 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the total projected expenditure required by Network Rail to achieve a 4 per cent biodiversity net gain by December 2029; and how much of that funding has been formally a

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 18 Jun 2026

It is not possible to separate the cost of achieving 4 per cent biodiversity net gain by December 2029 from the cost of general planned management activity on Network Rail’s estate, as progress towards biodiversity net gain is not a discrete activity with...