Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114258

Disease Controls: Airports

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures are in place to help prevent the inward transmission of diseases to through international airports.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The UK Biological Security Strategy provides the overarching national strategic framework for biological risks.The Public Health Aircraft Regulations (1979) require commanders of incoming aircraft to notify authorities if there is any suspicion of infecti...

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