Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69634

Swifts: Bricks

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether swift bricks count towards biodiversity net gain.

Answer

Mary Creagh
No, expenditure on swift bricks cannot be counted towards biodiversity net gain (BNG) units which must be calculated using the main Statutory Biodiversity Net Gain metric or the small sites version of it.