Department for Transport written question – answered at on 10 January 2019.
Layla Moran
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost was incurred to the public purse by congestion testing between Manston airport and the Port of Dover on 7 January 2019.
Jesse Norman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The cost to reimburse hauliers for operational costs, and reimbursement for site management costs incurred by the owners of Manston airfield, was £60,000-65,000. There will also have been some small costs to Kent Police and Kent County Council to enable their staff to attend the trial.
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