Question follow-through · 68669
Regional Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to develop a long-term strategy for regional air connectivity that (a) reduces reliance on (i) Gatwick Airport (ii) Heathrow Airport and (iii) other major hubs and (b) suppor
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to develop a long-term strategy for regional air connectivity that (a) reduces reliance on (i) Gatwick Airport (ii) Heathrow Airport and (iii) other major hubs and (b) suppor
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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21 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Department recognises how vital aviation is to maintaining connectivity between the regions of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to the wider world. Ministers and officials at the Department meet regularly with regional airports, including Cornwa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dartmoor Line
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Transport: Rural Areas
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Green Book appraisal framework for reflecting the value of transport infrastructure funding in rural areas like Cornwall.
Transport: Rural Areas
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Green Book cost benefit analysis accounts for (a) economic and (b) connectivity issues when assessing transport infrastructure proposals in rural areas lik
Active Travel
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department plans for the proposed National Active Travel Network to connect small centres of population.
Active Travel
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there will be a threshold for population size for inclusion in the National Active Travel Network.
Active Travel
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether access to blue space will be considered in including routes in the National Active Travel Network.