Air Passenger Duty
(asked on 7th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of tickets on higher rate flights incurrent the (a) reduced and (b) standard rate of Air Passenger Duty in each of the last five years.
HMRC is unable to publish information on tickets and revenue received from higher rate flights where the plane was over 20 tonnes and equipped to carry fewer than 19 passengers. This is because the information is disclosive.
HMRC produces estimates of Air Passenger Duty passenger numbers and receipts, at the following link:
Air Passenger Duty Bulletin - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If ‘higher rate flights’ in PQ80793 refers to travel to Band B destinations, reduced and standard rate Band B passenger numbers are published in the above link. The table below displays this information for each of the last five years.
APD passengers by financial year | Reduced Rate Band B Passengers (thousands) | Reduced Rate Band B Passengers (% of Total Band B Passengers) | Standard Rate Band B Passengers (thousands) | Standard Rate Band B Passengers (% of Total Band B Passengers) | Total Band B Passengers (thousands) | Total Passengers (thousands) |
2017 to 2018 | 18,742 | 78.2% | 5,235 | 21.8% | 23,977 | 118,352 |
2018 to 2019 | 19,372 | 78.5% | 5,312 | 21.5% | 24,683 | 122,394 |
2019 to 2020 | 19,597 | 78.6% | 5,338 | 21.4% | 24,935 | 118,692 |
2020 to 2021 | 1,535 | 77.5% | 446 | 22.5% | 1,981 | 12,118 |
2021 to 2022 [provisional] | 5,403 | 75.9% | 1,711 | 24.1% | 7,114 | 39,115 |