Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the National Trust applied for, and when National Highways agreed to provide, £3 million from the environment and wellbeing designated funds to support a grassland reversion project in the Stonehenge landscape; what the terms of the grant are; and whether the grant has already been distributed in its entirety.

The application to National Highways Designated Funds Investment Decision Committee regarding a grassland reversion project in the Stonehenge landscape was submitted and approved by the Committee on 6 June 2020. The grant agreement was signed by both parties on the 3 February 2021.

National Trust will effect change in the management of the relevant project land and will carry out the grassland reversion works to deliver at least:

1. 88 biodiversity units calculated in accordance with the relevant methodology in the Natural England Biodiversity Metric 2.0
2. 270 heritage improvement points
3. 159ha of moderate condition lowland calcareous grassland
4. 11ha of good condition lowland calcareous grassland

The grant has not been fully paid. The payment schedule of the grant extends from March 2021 to March 2025.