Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of whether airport drop-off and parking fees represent value for money for airport users.

The provision and charging of car parking at airports (including drop off and pick charges) is a matter for the airport operator as a commercial business to manage and justify. However, the Department for Transport expects car parking at airports to be managed appropriately and consumers treated fairly.

The Private Parking Code of Practice has been temporarily withdrawn to review the decisions to introduce new levels of private parking charges and to ban additional fees that are currently added on top of the late or unpaid parking charge. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities continues to work with industry and consumer groups to ensure the Code comes into effect as quickly as possible.