Written questions

Network Rail: Biodiversity

2026-06-24 · Department for Transport · 13229 · Official question

Mr Richard Holden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail spent on ecological surveys associated with vegetation management works in each of the last five years; and how much it plans to spend in future years by survey type.

Answer

Network Rail does not hold a centrally collated estimate of the annual cost of ecological surveys associated with vegetation management. Surveys are undertaken as a routine part of planned vegetation management, and costs are not recorded separately. Any ...