Question follow-through · 95970

Regional Airports: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of future increases in business rates on the financial sustainability of regional airports and the level of regional air connectivity they are able to provide.

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
3 Dec 2025
Answer
4 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of future increases in business rates on the financial sustainability of regional airports and the level of regional air connectivity they are able to provide.

  2. 3 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The government is committed to enabling investment so that airports can play their full role in the growth mission. Properties seeing large bill increases as a result of the business rates revaluation - including airports - will benefit from a redesigned ...

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