Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of carbon emissions generated by private planes entering or leaving the UK.

This Government is committed to delivering greener transport and is considering its strategic approach to decarbonising aviation.

In 2023 the Department for Transport published research which estimated carbon emissions from UK-registered General Aviation aircraft arriving and departing from UK aerodromes in 2019. General Aviation includes all non-scheduled civil aviation, including business aviation.

By considering the typical maximum take-off weight of aircraft used for business aviation, his research found that approximately 370 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent were emitted by UK registered business aviation or larger recreational aircraft. Emissions from non-UK registered aircraft were not included.