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Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commission an independent financial review of the feasibility of Heathrow expansion.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
30 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commission an independent financial review of the feasibility of Heathrow expansion.

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the importance of ensuring that any scheme for Heathrow expansion is deliverable and affordable. Last year, the Government undertook a comparative assessment of the proposals, on its individual merits against the published criter...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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