Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on its considerations of the recommendations of the report by the Contrail Impact Mitigation Task and Finish Group, published on 17 March 2026.

The key recommendations from the Contrail Impact Mitigation (CIM) Task and Finish Group report were for Government to support large-scale trials and help establish a permanent governance body to oversee trial activity and standardise procedures and activities related to contrail avoidance.

In January 2026, we announced up to £43m of funding for green aviation projects, which includes funding for a contrail avoidance trial. We are currently engaging with relevant stakeholders on how a trial could be delivered and will provide further updates in due course.

The Department is in the process of carefully considering the other CIM report recommendations, including whether and how a permanent governance body on aviation’s non-CO2 impacts should be established.