Question follow-through · 47788
Airports: National Policy Statements
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeline is for publishing a new Airports National Policy Statement.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeline is for publishing a new Airports National Policy Statement.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
The government supports airport expansion and has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow. It expects any proposals to be brought forward by the summer and is clear that any scheme must be delivered in line with the UK’s legal, climate and enviro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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