Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 17594

Network Rail: Biodiversity

Tabled: 9 July 2026

Answered: 4 August 2026

Question

Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 6 July 2026 to Questions 14929 and 15007 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, whether her Department has made any assessment of the impact of ecological survey windows and protected species

Answer

Keir Mather

Since 4 July 2024, the Department has not made any assessment of the impact of ecological survey windows and protected species licensing requirements on the cost and delivery of Network Rail projects.