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Department for Transport: Aviation

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 6 July 2026UIN 11754

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answers of 16 June 2026 to Question 1281 and 19 June 2026 to Question 1280, what the title, dates and location were of the capacity development event held in Tanzania in March 2025; how many attendees had travel funded by (i) her Department and (ii) the Integrated Security Fund; what the (a) role, (b) organisation and (c) country of origin was of each attendee whose travel was funded; and what the cost of travel funded for each attendee was.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

We do not routinely comment on security or intelligence related matters.

The total cost of travel for attendees at the capacity development event in Tanzania, which was funded through the Integrated Security Fund (ISF), a cross-Government Fund, was £13,883.

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