Question follow-through · 9147

London Airports: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of outbound flights from the six largest airports serving London that were delayed over the last three months; and whether she has had discussions with

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
17 Oct 2024
Answer
22 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of outbound flights from the six largest airports serving London that were delayed over the last three months; and whether she has had discussions with

  2. 17 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The aviation industry predominantly operates in the private sector, therefore it is the responsibility of the industry to have robust resilience plans in place to meet demand, recruit, and roster staff, and have appropriate mitigations in place. The Civil...

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