Question follow-through · 107960
Aviation: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures her Department is taking to ensure that an appropriate balance is struck between helicopter operations and the impact of aviation noise on communities located beneath established helicopter routes
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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
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures her Department is taking to ensure that an appropriate balance is struck between helicopter operations and the impact of aviation noise on communities located beneath established helicopter routes
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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30 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government’s overall policy on aviation noise is to balance the economic and consumer benefits of aviation against its social and health implications. The Air Navigation Guidance 2017 provided by the Department to the Civil Aviation Authority urges he...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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