questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5045 on Railways: Nature Conservation, how many licences relating to protected species have been issued to Network Rail and its contractors in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the average time taken to obtain such licences; and what estimate she has made of the (a) cost and (b) time added to rail infrastructure projects arising from those licensing requirements.
answerText: It is not possible to confirm the number of protected species licences issued to Network Rail and its contractors over the last five years. Network Rail has not made specific estimates of the cost or additional time to rail infrastructure projects arising...
heading: Railways: Nature Conservation