Question follow-through · 127872
Airlines and Travel Agents: Repayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the travel agent sector on the processing of refunds where an airline has cancelled a flight and confirmed that passengers are entitled to a refund without a penalty fee.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the travel agent sector on the processing of refunds where an airline has cancelled a flight and confirmed that passengers are entitled to a refund without a penalty fee.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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24 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department has had discussions with travel agents and airlines on a range of issues. In the UK, Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (“Regulation 261”) sets out the rights of passengers in the event of flight cancellations. Where UK law applies, if a flight is...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Transport: South West
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a comparative assessment of transport expenditure per capital in the South West with other English regions in each of the last five financial years.