Question follow-through · 3667
Aviation: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the ability of UK airports to meet the new departmental deadlines to install next-generation security scanners.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 6 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the ability of UK airports to meet the new departmental deadlines to install next-generation security scanners.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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6 Sept 2024
Answer published
I have already had the pleasure of visiting airports upgrading airport security equipment and seeing the new security equipment in operation. I, and my department, continue to regularly engage with airports to ensure the implementation of the Next Generat...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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