Written questions

Network Rail: Biodiversity

Commons · Question 15858 · Tabled 3 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 13 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 13067 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, how many protected species licences have been applied for (a) by and (b) on behalf of Network Rail in each of the last fiv

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 13 Jul 2026

An organisational licence is a licence which permits an organisation to undertake activities (that are specified within the licence) which would otherwise require individual standard licences. Standard licences typically contain site- or project-specific...