A question on #SriLanka #MilitaryAid tabled by Brian Leishman on 25-03-2025 has been answered by Catherine West.

Heading: Sri Lanka: Military Aid
Question ID: 1788424
UIN: 41299
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-25
Asking Member ID: 5196
Asking Member display name: Brian Leishman
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Brian Leishman
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reasons his Department took seven years to respond to freedom of information request entitled FCO 37/3979 Training of the Sri Lankan military in the UK.
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Date answered: 2025-04-01
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Answering Member ID: 4523
Answering Member display name: Catherine West
Answering Member handle: catherinewest1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @catherinewest1
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Answer text: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) received a request for access to information held on file reference FCO 37/3979 in June 2018. A response was issued four months later in October 2018. The material in question is subject to ongoing l...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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