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Question follow-through · 13067

Network Rail: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reprioritisation of vegetation management following the identification of protected species results on costs to Network Rail.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reprioritisation of vegetation management following the identification of protected species results on costs to Network Rail.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Network Rail has not made specific estimates of the cost or time arising from identification of protected species. For Network Rail, such activities are embedded within wider project development, environmental mitigation and vegetation management processe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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