Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 26904

Tree Planting: Highways England

Tabled: 28 January 2025

Answered: 5 February 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees have been planted by Highways England in each year between 2014 and 2024; and what the cost to the public purse was of this work.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

National Highways (NH) does not keep a central record of the number of trees they have planted across England in any given year. However, as outlined in their ‘Net zero highways: our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan’, NH aims to plant at least 3 million trees by 2...

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