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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 58484, tabled on 20 December 2016

Question

Dr Tania Mathias
Conservative
Twickenham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential (a) economic benefits and (b) level of new jobs resulting from the third runway at Heathrow Airport by region of the UK.

Answer

Mr John Hayes
Conservative
South Holland and The Deepings
Commons

Answered on

9 January 2017

The economic benefits of a new runway at Heathrow have been assessed at a national level. It is estimated that a new runway will deliver up to £61 billion of benefits to passengers and the wider UK economy.

The local jobs created at and around the airport have also been assessed, with Heathrow expansion expected to deliver up to 77,000 additional local jobs by 2030. While it is not possible to precisely quantify the impacts on regional jobs and GDP, expanding airport capacity in the South East will support economic growth in the UK’s regions.

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