Taxation: Aviation
Treasury
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Tobias Ellwood (- Shadow Minister, Culture, Media and Sport; Bournemouth East, Conservative)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether air passenger duty arrangements apply to private jets; and if he will make a statement.
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury; Portsmouth North, Labour)
Since 1994, privately owned aircraft are exempt from APD provided they do not carry passengers for reward.
The inclusion of aviation in the EU emissions trading scheme has now been agreed for 2012. Most aircraft, including private jets, with a certified maximum take-off mass of 5.7 tonnes or greater will be required to participate in the scheme.