Question follow-through · 115895

Airports: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the (a) Aviation Night Noise Effects study and (b) Aviation Noise Attitudes Survey before the review of the Airports National Policy Statement is completed.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
6 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the (a) Aviation Night Noise Effects study and (b) Aviation Noise Attitudes Survey before the review of the Airports National Policy Statement is completed.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Aviation Night Noise Effects and Aviation Noise Attitudes studies are currently being completed and are expected to be ready for publication before the review of the Airports National Policy Statement is concluded.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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