Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 127481

Biodiversity: Planning Permission

Tabled: 15 April 2026

Answered: 21 April 2026

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Question

Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the Equal Experts Discovery Report, including appendices and supporting research materials, before further public expenditure on the Alpha and Beta phases of the BN

Answer

Mary Creagh

The statutory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) metric is a Government‑owned tool and is currently only available to users in spreadsheet format. The existing tool has well‑recognised issues relating to accessibility, usability, and data integrity, which the Go...

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