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date	02/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of how much the £3.6 billion of Air Passenger Duty levied in 2019-20 would have increased by in the event that the exemption on Air Passenger Duty for international-to-international transit passengers at UK airports had been removed.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	86161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) is the Government’s principal tax on the aviation sector, since tickets are VAT free and aviation fuel incurs no duty. Members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), including the United Kingdom, are prevented from taxing international aviation fuel, or any proxies for fuel, under the Chicago Convention.</p><p> </p><p>APD raised £3.6 billion in 2019-20 and its primary objective is to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances. APD is paid by airlines and is levied on a per-passenger basis on all flights departing UK airports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 86160 question first answered 07/12/2021 14:14:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1383330

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his decision to reduce the air passenger duty rate for domestic travel on (a) levels of air travel in the UK and (b) the amount of carbon emissions produced by air travel within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	84437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>At Budget, the Government announced that, from April 2023, it will introduce a new reduced domestic band of Air Passenger Duty (APD) set at £6.50 for economy passengers. The new domestic band will cover flights between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in order to support connectivity across the UK. As a result, around 9 million passengers will pay less APD in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also introduce a new ultra long-haul band, which will ensure that those who fly furthest, and have the greatest environmental impact, will pay the most.</p><p> </p><p>Aviation accounts for around 8% of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions. International aviation is responsible for the vast majority of this contribution and accounted for 37 MtCO2e in 2019, whereas domestic aviation was responsible for 1.5 MtCO2e – equivalent to less than 1% of the UK’s total emissions in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, domestic aviation is included within the scope of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, which sets a cap on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted by sectors covered by the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/12/2021 14:02:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1364559

registered interest
date	28/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the reduction in domestic Air Passenger Duty on the Government's ability to achieve its aviation emissions reduction targets.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	904013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>At Budget, the Government announced that, from April 2023, it will introduce a new reduced domestic band of Air Passenger Duty (APD), covering flights between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in order to support connectivity across the UK. In addition, the Government will introduce a new ultra long-haul band, which will ensure that those who fly furthest, and have the greatest environmental impact, will pay the most. Domestic aviation accounted for less than 1% of the UK’s total emissions in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Fuel duty is levied on the producers or importers of fuel, and is generally included in the price most drivers pay for petrol and diesel at the pump. Therefore, the more fuel that is consumed, the more fuel duty is paid. As noted in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Policy Costings, there are uncertainties around the behavioural response of the fuel duty freeze.</p><p> </p><p>Transport is a major cost for families and businesses, and to help with the cost of living, the government has frozen fuel duty rates, saving a cumulative £1900 for the average UK car driver, compared to the pre-2010 escalator.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/11/2021 08:57:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney