Question follow-through · 18735
Heathrow Airport: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in preparing the Heathrow Expansion Appraisal Report, what consideration her Department gave to modelling the potential monetised costs of noise pollution from expansion.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 10 Aug 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in preparing the Heathrow Expansion Appraisal Report, what consideration her Department gave to modelling the potential monetised costs of noise pollution from expansion.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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10 Aug 2026
Answer published
The Heathrow Expansion Appraisal Report estimates monetised disbenefits of noise to be approximately -£1.6 billion (2024 prices) over a 60-year appraisal period. This reflects the estimated increased noise exposure causing health, annoyance and sleep dist...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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