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Roads: Biodiversity

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 13 February 2026UIN 110886

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 104858 on Roads: Biodiversity, what information her Department holds on the (a) estimated cost, (b) estimated cost range and (c) modelling of the biodiversi

Answered by Simon Lightwood

DEFRA’s forthcoming biodiversity net gain impact assessment, which is expected to be published shortly, will set out the impact of applying biodiversity net gain to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

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