Written Question·Treasury·UIN 96784

Air Passenger Duty: Children

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend the child Air Passenger Duty exemption to Premium Economy cabins.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Air Passenger Duty (APD) applies to airlines, not individual passengers, and is the principal tax on the aviation sector. It is expected to raise £4.7 billion in 2025-26 and it aims to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances, ...
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