Railways: Nature Conservation
Commons · Question 8311 · Tabled 9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5043 on Railways: Nature Conservation, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to Network Rail of (a) surveys and checks for nesting birds, (b)
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 15 Jun 2026
The Department / Network Rail do not hold a centrally collated estimate of the annual cost of any ecological surveys undertaken for bats, great crested newts, or nesting birds.