I refer my noble Friend to the undertaking given by the Crown authorities during passage of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 at Volume 838: debated on Friday 24 May 2024, column 1368.<\/p>
The Crown authorities confirmed that the Crown would act in accordance with the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and the statutes it amends, subject to specific specified conditions set out in the undertaking.<\/p>
We expect the Crown bodies to work with its tenants as they develops their policies.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4956", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Taylor of Stevenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-07-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-07-31T13:38:12.273Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster: Leasehold"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 May (HL Deb col 1368), whether the lease extension policies of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and the Crown Estate will be laid before Parliament for consideration; and whether these bodies have agreed to negotiate with tenants or prospective tenants in a manner analogous to how the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 applies to tenants of other properties.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3526", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Berkeley"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Berkeley"} ], "uin" : "HL20"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668152", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668152/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Data on receipts from Air Passenger Duty (APD) and chargeable passengers, including for the higher rate, can be found in the APD Bulletin on GOV.UK. [1]<\/p>
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Data on aircraft movements, including for business aviation and air taxis, are published by the Civil Aviation Authority. [2] These data are not collected from all UK airports, just those handling scheduled and major charter services, and so provide only a partial picture.<\/p>
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APD is the Government\u2019s principal tax on the aviation sector, since tickets are VAT free and aviation fuel incurs no duty. APD is paid by aircraft operators on a per passenger basis for flights departing UK airports; there are different rates according to a passenger's class of travel and the distance of their journey.<\/p>
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Operators with aircraft of over 20 tonnes equipped to carry fewer than 19 passengers must pay the higher rate of APD, equal to £78 per passenger for domestic and short-haul flights and rising to £601 for ultra-long-haul flights. These private and business jets generally provide a higher class of service and so incur more in APD.<\/p>
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As with all taxes, the Government keeps APD under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.<\/p>
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[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-passenger-duty-bulletin<\/a><\/p> <\/p> [2] https://www.caa.co.uk/Documents/Download/9116/47a460b2-0592-4ef7-b24b-aa5e27ccfce4/5623<\/a><\/p>"}
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