Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of safety on international flights to Sharm el-Sheikh.

My Department carries out regular assessments of aviation security at all last points of departure airports to the UK from Egypt. It is long standing government policy not to comment in detail on security matters. However the Government works closely with international partners, including airlines, airports and the Egyptian Government, on security standards. Global aviation security arrangements are kept under constant review.