Question follow-through · 904123
Gatwick Airport: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of expanding Gatwick Airport on carbon emissions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Transport
- Gatwick Airport: Carbon Emissions · 16 May 2025
- Gatwick Airport: Construction · 14 Jul 2025
- Gatwick Airport: Construction · 14 Jul 2025
- Gatwick Airport: Air Pollution · 14 Jul 2025
- Written question 30270 · 15 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of expanding Gatwick Airport on carbon emissions.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
This Government has been clear that airport expansion proposals need to demonstrate they can be delivered in line with the UK’s climate change commitments. Having received further information from Gatwick, the Secretary of State hopes to make a final deci...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Gatwick Airport: Carbon Emissions
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Gatwick Airport: Construction
14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether further public hearings will be held on (a) noise and (b) surface transport relating to Gatwick expansion.
Gatwick Airport: Construction
14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold a consultation on the development consent order for the expansion of Gatwick Airport before deciding whether to approve it.
Gatwick Airport: Air Pollution
14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ask Gatwick Airport to publish an assessment of the potential impact of a second runway on levels of emissions other than carbon dioxide.
Written question 30270
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an impact assessment was undertaken prior to changes in the Air Navigation Guidance 2026.
Written question 30272
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department assessed the potential health impacts of aircraft noise between 5,000 and 7,000 feet before lowering the noise altitude threshold from 7k to 5k in the Air Navigation Guidance 2026.
Written question 30274
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations her Department received on the altitude threshold in the Air Navigation Guidance 2026 from (a) airport operators, (b) airlines and (c) local authorities and community organisations.
Written question 30275
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of establishing an ombudsman with jurisdiction over regulatory decisions of the Civil Aviation Authority.