Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value of British goods that will be exported to non-EU destinations served by an expanded Heathrow Airport.

Expansion at Heathrow is expected to lead to 260,000 additional flights a year in 2040. While the department believes that trade benefits would come from airport expansion, the exact magnitude of these is uncertain. Indicative estimates of the trade impacts of airport expansion can be found in the Further Review and Sensitivities Report published as part of the Government’s announcement on its preferred scheme for airport expansion.