Question follow-through · 96785
Airports: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates increases at airports on i.) passenger ticket prices and ii.) airline route planning.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates increases at airports on i.) passenger ticket prices and ii.) airline route planning.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 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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