Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 91532
Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity
Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how many jobs in the ecology and nature sectors could be lost as a result of small sites being excluded from BNG as proposed in the Improving the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain for minor, medium and brownfield development consultation.
Answer
Mary CreaghA Government response to the ‘Improving biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield development’ consultation will be published in due course.
The Government will also publish a full impact assessment setting out all relevant costs and benefits.