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Network Rail: Biodiversity

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 3 September 2026UIN 19483

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15858 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, which sites or projects do the standard licenses for (a) badgers, (b) bats, (c) great crested wewts, (d) hazel dormice and (e) roman snails relate to.

Answered by Department for Transport

As protected species can be vulnerable to disturbance, persecution or collection Network Rail does not publicly publish a project or site list of where its protected species licences apply.

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