questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5043 on Railways: Nature Conservation, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation clearance works being (i) delayed and (ii) rescheduled following the identification of (a) nesting birds, (b) bats and (c) great crested newts in each of the last five years.
answerText: The Department for Transport has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
heading: Railways: Nature Conservation