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1695722

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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, with reference to paragraph 2.45 and Table 5.1 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC560, published on 6 March 2024, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment for the one-off adjustment to rates of air passenger duty on non-economy passengers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	18479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>When developing policy, including at Spring Budget 2024, the Treasury carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing any of the nine protected characteristics, including sex, race, disability and age, in line with its statutory obligations and strong commitment to promoting fairness.</p><p>As with all taxes, the government keeps APD under review.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 21/03/2024 10:06:08 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1694727

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had with devolved administrations concerning the level and continuance of Air Passenger Duty prior to the Budget statement announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 6 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL3138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2024, the Government announced a one-off adjustment to non-economy rates of Air Passenger Duty (APD) for 2025-26 to help maintain their real terms value. As a result of these changes, the APD rates for domestic flights will not rise for commercial passengers.</p><p>In line with the Government’s commitment to support UK-wide connectivity, it halved the rate of APD on domestic flights in April 2023 following the 2021 consultation on aviation tax reform. As part of the consultation, the Government engaged with the Devolved Administrations, including the Northern Ireland Executive and other organisations from Northern Ireland.</p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps APD rates under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL3139 question first answered 21/03/2024 14:27:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1694728

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they undertook on air connectivity within the UK and on the wider impact on the Union, before deciding to raise aspects of Air Passenger Duty in the Budget statement announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 6 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL3139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2024, the Government announced a one-off adjustment to non-economy rates of Air Passenger Duty (APD) for 2025-26 to help maintain their real terms value. As a result of these changes, the APD rates for domestic flights will not rise for commercial passengers.</p><p>In line with the Government’s commitment to support UK-wide connectivity, it halved the rate of APD on domestic flights in April 2023 following the 2021 consultation on aviation tax reform. As part of the consultation, the Government engaged with the Devolved Administrations, including the Northern Ireland Executive and other organisations from Northern Ireland.</p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps APD rates under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL3138 question first answered 21/03/2024 14:27:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1682676

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, they have given to introducing a temporary suspension of Air Passenger Duty to support the competitive position of UK airports.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL1646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps Air Passenger Duty (APD) under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>APD applies to airlines and is the principal tax on the aviation sector since tickets are VAT free and aviation fuel incurs no duty. It is expected to raise £3.8 billion in 2023-24 and the primary objective of the tax is to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2023, the Government has reduced the rate of APD on domestic flights in order to support UK-wide connectivity. The new domestic rate applies to all flights between airports in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (excluding private jets) and is set at £6.50 for economy passengers, benefitting more than 10 million passengers in 2023-24.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/01/2024 17:12:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1664985

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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, with reference to the statement on Net zero by the Prime Minister on 20 September 2023, whether he plans to amend air passenger duty rates.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	202679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 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. Its primary objective is to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps the rates of APD under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 24/10/2023 12:13:26 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1661213

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
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 adequacy of compliance with Air Passenger Duty by (a) private and (b) business jets.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	200049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Private and business jets that meet certain criteria must register and account for air passenger duty (APD). APD is a self-assessed tax, and it is the responsibility of the aircraft operator to ensure they have accounted for the tax correctly. Smaller and infrequent flyers have the option to declare the tax via the Occasional Operator Scheme. HMRC undertakes a risk-based audit programme to ensure compliance from the aviation sector and has a range of penalties to deter non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/10/2023 09:20:51 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1659763

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of levying a higher rate of Air Passenger Duty on private jet flights.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	198903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps APD under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/09/2023 12:38:02 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1658728

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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 impact of air passenger duty on passenger numbers; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting the level of such duty.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	198194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government publishes tax information and impact notes (TIINs) for tax policy changes which detail the impact of the policy. The TIIN for the 2023/24 APD rates can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/air-passenger-duty-banding-reforms-with-effect-from-april-2023/air-passenger-duty-apd-banding-reforms-and-rates-from-1-april-2023-to-31-march-2024</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps APD under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 12/09/2023 12:46:52 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1658107

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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 hold discussions with (a) travel operators and (b) representatives in the devolved Administrations on potential merits of reducing air passenger duty.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) is the UK Government’s principal tax on the aviation sector, since tickets are VAT free and aviation fuel incurs no duty. Its primary objective is to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances. There are different rates according to a passenger's class of travel and the distance of their journey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps APD under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/09/2023 15:46:53 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653869

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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, how many and what proportion of private jet flights paid the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty in the last ten years; if he will make it his policy to levy the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty on all private jet flights; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	194737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) is the UK's principal tax on the aviation sector. There are different rates according to a passenger's class of travel and the distance of their journey. The tax raised £3.18 billion in 2022/23 and its primary objective is to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The APD Higher rate applies to larger and more luxurious private and business jets, which are 20 tonnes or more and equipped to carry fewer than 19 passengers. Data on the number of passengers liable for different rates of APD can be found in the APD bulletin on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-passenger-duty-bulletin" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-passenger-duty-bulletin</a></p><p> </p><p>Since APD applies on a per-passenger basis, HMRC does not collect information on the number of flights by private and business jets.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the government keeps APD under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/07/2023 10:32:17 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas