A question on #Planning #Biodiversity tabled by James Naish on 29-04-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Planning: Biodiversity
Question ID: 1798464
UIN: 49091
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-29
Asking Member ID: 5047
Asking Member display name: James Naish
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Asking Member Twitter reference: James Naish
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure on-site biodiversity net gains offsets are (a) formally registered and (b) adequately monitored.
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Date answered: 2025-05-08
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: The Government has provided over £35 million of new burdens funding to Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), county councils and combined authorities thus far to help them implement mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG). The uses to which the funding can be ...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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