Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 107959

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 assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of existing monitoring and data collection arrangements for helicopter movements in uncontrolled airspace, including over residential areas.

Answer

Keir Mather

The Department for Transport does not monitor aircraft movements within uncontrolled airspace and therefore has not made any assessment of existing monitoring and data collection arrangements for helicopter movements in uncontrolled airspace. The Civil Av...

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