Question follow-through · 83940

Cyprus: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department will provide travel support to elderly British residents seeking to visit (a) family and (b) friends in northern Cyprus.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

About this written question

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 21 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 23 Oct 2025
Answer: 29 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department will provide travel support to elderly British residents seeking to visit (a) family and (b) friends in northern Cyprus.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
As stated in our Travel Advice, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) can only provide limited consular support for British Nationals visiting areas in the north of Cyprus that are not under control of the Republic of Cyprus.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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