Question follow-through · 5571
Airports: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on airport owners increasing (a) airport and (b) drop-off charges above the cost of inflation.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on airport owners increasing (a) airport and (b) drop-off charges above the cost of inflation.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department does not intend to hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on these matters. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has concurrent powers with the CMA to enforce the prohibitions in the Competition Act 1998 as they rel...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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