Question follow-through · 100576
Airports: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) noise and (b) pollution from (i) Heathrow Airport, (ii) Gatwick Airport and (iii) Farnborough Airport in Surrey Heath constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) noise and (b) pollution from (i) Heathrow Airport, (ii) Gatwick Airport and (iii) Farnborough Airport in Surrey Heath constituency.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department for Transport sets noise controls at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, including night movement and night noise quota count limits. Under Environmental Noise Regulations, these airports are also obliged to produce noise action plans. For Farnb...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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