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Air Passenger Duty: Regional Airports

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Question for Treasury

UIN 23090, tabled on 28 June 2021

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party
East Londonderry
Commons

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the rate of air passenger duty on regional airports.

Answer

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
Saffron Walden
Commons

Answered on

1 July 2021

The Government recently consulted on aviation tax reform. As part of the consultation, the Government outlined its initial view that the effective rate of Air Passenger Duty (APD) on domestic flights should be reduced in order to support Union and regional connectivity and that the number of international distance bands should be increased in order to align APD more closely with our environmental objectives.

The consultation sought evidence on the potential impacts of these proposals, including on regional air routes, and closed on 15 June. The Government is currently reviewing responses and will update in due course.

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