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	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on reducing air passenger duty on domestic flights from Northern Ireland's airports; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	269001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text The government has established a technical working group that is considering the operational and legal context of APD in Northern Ireland. The group met in Belfast in March, and will meet again next month to continue discussions with stakeholders.<p> </p><p>For domestic journeys, airlines are liable on both outward and return leg domestic journeys as APD applies to all departures from a UK airport. It is not possible under current EU law to have different rates of APD on intra-UK flights than on flights from the UK to other European Union destinations.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/07/2019 12:27:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1360392

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by the technical working group convened to consider the operational and legal challenges to changing Air Passenger Duty in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	57267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The government established a technical working group to explore the operational and legal challenges to changing APD in Northern Ireland at Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Members include representatives from industry, experts, and civil servants from both the UK government and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Technical Working Group was established, the UK Government has published a consultation on aviation tax reform, to consider how APD could better support Union connectivity and our environmental objectives. We have engaged with the Northern Ireland Executive as part of this process.</p><p> </p><p>We will update on the next steps following the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 57268 question first answered 25/10/2021 07:51:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1360393

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to make a decision on making changes to Air Passenger Duty for Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	57268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The government established a technical working group to explore the operational and legal challenges to changing APD in Northern Ireland at Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Members include representatives from industry, experts, and civil servants from both the UK government and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Technical Working Group was established, the UK Government has published a consultation on aviation tax reform, to consider how APD could better support Union connectivity and our environmental objectives. We have engaged with the Northern Ireland Executive as part of this process.</p><p> </p><p>We will update on the next steps following the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 57267 question first answered 25/10/2021 07:51:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1537188

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an update on the progress of the technical working group on Air Passenger Duty in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	73885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government established a technical working group to explore the operational and legal challenges to changing APD in Northern Ireland at Budget 2018. Members included representatives from industry, experts, and civil servants from both the UK Government and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Since the technical working group was established, the UK Government published a consultation on aviation tax reform in 2021, to consider how APD on a UK-wide basis could better support Union connectivity and the Government’s environmental objectives. As part of this process, the Government engaged with the Northern Ireland Executive and other stakeholders such as Belfast International Airport and Tourism Northern Ireland. Their views were considered alongside the consultation responses.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2021, the Government published the summary of responses to the consultation and announced that, from April 2023, it would introduce a new reduced domestic band of APD set at £6.50 for economy passengers. The new domestic band will cover flights between Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales, 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>A new ultra long-haul band, will also be introduced to ensure that those who fly furthest, and have the greatest environmental impact, will pay the most.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/11/2022 17:14:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1362403

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Airport Passenger Duty is applied to internal flights from Northern Ireland within the UK; and if so, what plans there are for this to cease.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL3294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) is a per-passenger tax levied on flights departing from UK airports, including those between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget, the Government announced that, from April 2023, it would introduce a new reduced domestic band of APD, covering flights between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in order to support connectivity across the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/11/2021 15:46:49 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney