Airport Operators Association APD MPs survey

Survey of 150 MPs on their attitudes towards Air Passenger Duty, and the relationship between aviation and tourism

A new AOA poll of MPs highlights the support for the reduction of Air Passenger Duty (APD) across the UK, in the event of the Scottish Government reducing the tax in Scotland by 50%.

The survey found that:

Three in five (60%) MPs say they support proposals to apply the same rates of APD across the whole of the UK, in the event of the Scottish Government reducing the tax in Scotland by 50%.
MPs from both parties support proposals to apply the same rates of APD across the whole of the UK, in the event of the Scottish Government reducing the tax in Scotland by half (64% Conservative; 59% Labour).

Date Published: 10/03/2016

Categories: Economy | Policy Makers | Politics | Transport | UK

Client: The Airport Operators Association (AOA)

Methodology

ComRes surveyed 150 MPs online and paper self-completion between 13^th January – 23^rd February 2016. Data have been weighted by party and region to be representative of the House of Commons.