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British Nationals Abroad: Red Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department took to assess the safety of travel to countries bordering the Red Sea before issuing travel advice on diving and snorkelling in the travel advice o

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 15 Jan 2025
Answer: 21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department took to assess the safety of travel to countries bordering the Red Sea before issuing travel advice on diving and snorkelling in the travel advice o
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2025
Answer published
The safety of British nationals in each country and territory is the FCDO's overriding concern when determining travel advice. FCDO travel advice is based on objective assessments of the risks to British nationals. These assessments are made by drawing on...

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