Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of moving the Lakeside Energy from Waste Plant from its current site; and what his policy is on whether that cost would be met by Heathrow Airport or the Government.

The Government is currently considering the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.

The Airports Commission considered the costs associated with the Lakeside Energy from Waste Plant in its assessment of land acquisition costs. This is included in the report “Cost and Commercial Viability: Cost and Revenue Identification Update Heathrow Airport North West Runway”.

It is important to note that no decisions have been taken, but if the Government was minded to support the need for new runway capacity and concluded that the North-West runway at Heathrow was the preferred option for meeting this requirement, the planning and costs of moving the Energy from Waste Plant would be a matter for the airport to take forward with the owners of the site.