Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97405

Biodiversity and Sustainable Farming Incentive: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission a National Audit Office evaluation of the implementation, effectiveness and value-for-money of (a) statutory Biodiversity Net Gain and (b) the re-designed Sustai

Answer

Mary Creagh
The National Audit Office (NAO) undertook a review of statutory biodiversity net gain (BNG) in May 2024 and the Government is implementing many of the recommendations. The Government also recently consulted on options for improving BNG for small, medium a...

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