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.
About this written question
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 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.
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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