Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Airport Commission's final report on airport capacity, published in 2015, what recent estimate he has made of demand for airport capacity.

The Department published detailed forecasts of aviation demand in 2017, which is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aviation-forecasts-2017 and carried out further analysis of aviation demand in 2018 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714069/making-best-use-of-existing-runways.pdf

In addition, the Department has been carrying out further analysis to support ongoing policy development, which will be published in due course.