Air Passenger Duty — Written Question

Question

Chris Hinchliff

Labour — North East Hertfordshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty by more than the proposed 50% in 2026-27 on (a) the public purse and (b) the UK's greenhouse gas emissions.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that APD rates would be partially adjusted in 2026-27 to help compensate for recent years of below-inflation uprating. The higher rate for private jets will therefore rise by a further 50 per cent on top of ...

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