Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 101263

Airports: Parking

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the fairness and proportionality of penalty charges issued for non-payment of drop-off fees at UK airports; and whether she plans to review the current 24-hour p

Answer

Keir Mather

Most airports in the UK are managed and operated as private businesses, and the provision and charging of car parking at airports (including payment windows) is a matter for the airport operator as a commercial business to manage and justify. Any issue re...

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