Department for Transport written question – answered at on 13 March 2025.
Elsie Blundell
Labour, Heywood and Middleton North
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce an independent organisation to (a) monitor and (b) control parking fees at airports.
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
As commercial businesses it is for airport operators to manage and justify the amount and advertising of parking charges. Parking arrangements are subject to contractual agreements between airport operators, car parking companies and covered by consumer Laws. While there are no plans to introduce an independent organisation to monitor or control parking fees at airports, the Department for Transport expects car parking at airports to be managed appropriately.
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