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Airports: Transport

Commons · Question 1259 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 20 May 2026

Question

Asked by Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 1 April 2026 to Question 123240, whether his Department has issued any formal guidance to airport operators on meeting surface access environmental targets.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 20 May 2026

The expectations around the development and monitoring of airports’ surface access plans were first set out in the Department’s “Guidance on Airport Transport Forums and Airport Surface Access Strategies” in 1999. It is for the airport operator, working w...