Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 107958

Aviation: Noise

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures her Department is taking to review the adequacy of the exclusion of aircraft noise from the statutory nuisance regime, particularly in relation to communities affected by regular helicopter overfl

Answer

Keir Mather

The Government’s overall policy on aviation noise is to balance the economic and consumer benefits of aviation against its social and health implications. The Air Navigation Guidance 2017 provided by the Department to the Civil Aviation Authority urges he...

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