Question follow-through · 28670
Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic cost to the UK economy of the closure of a major UK airport for (a) one hour and (b) one day.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic cost to the UK economy of the closure of a major UK airport for (a) one hour and (b) one day.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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14 Sept 2026
Answer published
The recovery from the NATS disruption on 8 September is ongoing and it is therefore too soon to estimate the full economic cost to the UK economy. However, I am under no illusion that the economic cost of the recent incident is incredibly significant. The...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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Airports
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Airports
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