Question follow-through · 73549
Air Passenger Duty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase Air Passenger Duty on private jet flights to (a) match and (b) exceed the rate applied to first-class scheduled flights.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase Air Passenger Duty on private jet flights to (a) match and (b) exceed the rate applied to first-class scheduled flights.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
Larger private jets incur a higher rate of Air Passenger Duty (APD), which is at least three times the standard rate that typically applies to passengers flying premium economy, business or first class. Passengers travelling on aircraft of over 20 tonnes ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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