The Cost of the UK Delegation to the WHO FCTC Conference in Geneva

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

The United Kingdom, in accordance with its responsibilities under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) sent a delegation to Geneva to attend the latest conference of the Parties (COP8).

I would like to know:

1 - What was the cost of sending representatives to COP8

2 - What information was received by the UK Delegation specifically from the WHO and FCTC Secretariat prior to the conference - including electronic and physical correspondence.

3 - Whether the UK delegation voted to exclude the press and public from the conference

4 - Whether the UK delegation voted to restrict the live-streaming of the conference

Yours faithfully,

Paul Barnes

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Dear Mr Barnes,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1151161  ) 

Yours sincerely,

 Edward Franklyn 

Freedom of Information team
Department of Health and Social Care

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