Railways: Nature Conservation
Commons · Question 8607 · Tabled 10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
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 cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation clearance works being (i) delay
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 22 Jun 2026
Neither the Department nor Network Rail have estimated the cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation management works being delayed or rescheduled following the identification of protected species. Activities such as environmental checks and surveys in...