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Network Rail: Biodiversity

Asked by Jerome MayhewConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 18 June 2026UIN 7522

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the total projected expenditure required by Network Rail to achieve a 4 per cent biodiversity net gain by December 2029; and how much of that funding has been formally allocated within the current Control Period budget.

Answered by Keir Mather

It is not possible to separate the cost of achieving 4 per cent biodiversity net gain by December 2029 from the cost of general planned management activity on Network Rail’s estate, as progress towards biodiversity net gain is not a discrete activity with a separable cost.

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