questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5044 on Railways: Nature Conservation, how many ecologists were employed or contracted by Network Rail in each of the last five financial years; and what the total cost to Network Rail of employing or contracting ecologists was in each such year.
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