Air Passenger Duty

HC Deb 11 December 2001 vol 376 c772W

Mr. Weir

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the air passenger duty has been since 1997. [21787]

Mr. Boateng

The information is as follows:

£
	Passengers to:
	European economic area (EEA) destinations	Other destinations
Up to 31 October 1997	15	10
From 1 November 1997	110	20
From 1 April 2001
Lowest class of travel	25	20
Other than lowest class	210	40
1Nil on passengers travelling on the return leg of a round trip within the UK.
2Nil on passengers travelling on flights leaving airports in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.