Airports: Retail Trade

(asked on 19th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's airport support scheme will include support for retail businesses based within airports.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 22nd January 2021

The Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme announced on 24 November will provide support to eligible airports and ground handling companies, up to the equivalent of their business rates liabilities in the 2020/21 financial year, subject to certain conditions and a cap per applicant of £8m. AGOSS will be launched shortly when full details on eligibility will be set out.

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