Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the carbon footprint of the private jets registered in the UK.

The government is committed to delivering greener transport and is currently considering its strategic approach to decarbonising aviation.

DfT commissioned research in 2022 which estimated the carbon footprint of UK-registered General Aviation aircraft arriving and departing from UK aerodromes in 2019. General Aviation consists of all non-scheduled civil aviation activity, including recreational flying, business aviation and other aviation activities. By considering the typical maximum takeoff weight of aircraft used for business aviation, this research indicates that approximately 370 ktCO2e were emitted by business aviation aircraft in 2019, although this figure may also incorporate emissions from larger recreational aircraft, or those engaged in specialty air services.