Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will plans to make a decision on expansion of capacity at Heathrow Airport; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such expansion on (a) Liverpool airport and (b) other airports.

The consultation on the draft Airports National Policy Statement closed on 25 May, and we are analysing the tens of thousands of responses received. The Government will set out the next steps in the process in due course.

The Airports Commission published growth forecasts for regional airports for the three shortlisted schemes. (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439687/strategic-fit-updated-forecasts.pdf). The Department has undertaken an economic assessment of the impact of a new runway at Heathrow at a national level, taking account of all areas of the UK.