Question follow-through · 29040
Aviation: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to fund operational trials of zero-emission aircraft.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to fund operational trials of zero-emission aircraft.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2025
Answer published
As a private sector, the introduction of new forms of aircraft is primarily a matter for industry. The Government is however supportive of new forms of zero-emission aircraft being brought into commercial use. The Department for Business and Trade is co-i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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