Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will work with the Department for Transport to ensure that travel lists issued by that Department are in-line with the covid-19-related guidance for travel issued by his Department.

The FCDO Travel Advice and the Traffic Lights System are two independent processes based on different risk analyses. FCDO travel advice considers the risk to British nationals travelling overseas, while the Traffic Light System assesses and aims to mitigate the overall risk to UK public health of inbound travel to the UK. At present, Travel Advice advises against all but essential travel to all countries on the 'Red' list and does not advise against travel to any country on the 'Green' list.

The traffic light system is currently signposted across all FCDO Travel Advice pages: firstly, at the top of the page, where the 'should not travel to Amber or Red list countries' message is emphasised; and, secondly, within the country page where the Traffic Light status of that country is given.