Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 110873

Airports: Finance

Tabled: 4 February 2026

Answered: 10 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support, including business rates relief, direct financial assistance, or other fiscal measures, is being offered to regional airports in England; and how this compares to the support provided to Heathrow

Answer

Keir Mather

The UK aviation market operates predominantly in the private sector. It is not possible for the Government to quantify, and therefore keep a record of, support received by airport, given different airports are subject to different regulatory and policy me...

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