asked Her Majesty's Government:
What forecast they have made of demand at Stansted Airport over the next 10 years; when the forecast was made; and whether they will review the forecast before the Stansted G2 inquiry starts in April 2009. [HL6218]
The Department for Transport's forecasts of UK air passenger demand and CO2 emissions were last updated and published in November 2007 in UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts. This is available at www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/environmentalissues/ ukairdemandandco2forecasts/airpassdemandfullreport.pdf.
Demand forecasts for Stansted are presented alongside forecasts for other airports on pages 111 and 112 of the report.
We expect to provide an update to this report, taking account of revised economic projections, when we announce policy decisions on the future development of Heathrow Airport later this year.