Question follow-through · 75546

Airports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will review the Airports National Policy Statement.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
5 Sept 2025
Target answer date
9 Sept 2025
Answer
12 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will review the Airports National Policy Statement.

  2. 9 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government published a letter to potential promoters inviting proposals for a third runway at Heathrow to be brought forward by the summer. The Government is now assessing the proposals against the criteria set out in the letter. Once this is complete...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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