Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has made of the adequacy of the consumer protection powers available to aviation regulatory bodies.

As part of the Aviation Consumer Policy Reform Consultation in 2022, we consulted on whether the CAA should be given additional administrative powers to enforce consumer protections laws. The Department is considering the responses across all the proposals and will set out next steps in due course.

The Department is also currently reviewing the CAA as part of the programme of reviews of sponsored bodies, including looking at the CAA’s effectiveness at enforcing consumer rights with its current powers. The report will be published in the Spring following the review.