When will the next review of travel restrictions be?

Simon Calder answers your questions on the traffic light system, insurance claims and trips to the Mediterranean

Holiday hotspot Turkey could move to ‘red minus’ list at the start of August (iStock)

Q When is the next “traffic light” review? When will it take effect? And what are you expecting to happen to red list countries like Turkey, Egypt and the UAE?

Jane D

A The public and the media had been led to believe that each review of international travel restrictions for people coming into the United Kingdom would take place every third Thursday. That was certainly the case until the review on 15 July, which moved a day earlier – allegedly because the prime minister had a big “levelling up” speech planned for the Thursday and he didn’t want any attention diverted away from it.