Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 57253
Ministers: Travel
Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential risks to Ministers of undertaking personal foreign travel without a security detail; what guidance he has provided to Ministers o
Answer
Catherine WestIt is the Government's long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on matters of protective security. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals concerned.