Railways: Nature Conservation
Commons · Question 8399 · Tabled 9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Ashley Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5045 on Railways: Nature Conservation, how many licences relating to protected species have been issued to Network Rail and its contractors in each of the last
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 15 Jun 2026
It is not possible to confirm the number of protected species licences issued to Network Rail and its contractors over the last five years. Network Rail has not made specific estimates of the cost or additional time to rail infrastructure projects arising...