Written question asked by Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 13 July 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 July 2015. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 July 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Regional Airports

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of road and rail access to regional airports; and which airports he rates as inadequate in this respect.

Answer

The Government has not made a general assessment of the adequacy of road and rail access to regional airports. It is for regional airports to work with their local authorities, local bus and rail companies and Local Economic Partnerships to identify opportunities to promote access to airports.

Where the scheme has a wider range of beneficiaries, the Government will consider, along with other relevant stakeholders, the need for additional public funding on a case-by-case basis.

With respect to Leeds Bradford, the Leeds Bradford International Airport Connectivity Study set out the potential benefit of a new link road and recommended further consideration of the opportunity for a rail link to be provided in the longer term. The Chancellor set out the Government’s response to the study in the 2014 Autumn Statement, in which he encouraged the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to consider how to take the recommendations forward.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 6770
Session: 2015-16
Related items: Regional Airports
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Access Railways Roads Regional airports
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Regional Airports

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