Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 25156
Diplomatic Service
Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) communication and (b) coordination with local authorities in foreign countries to improve consular assistance to British ci
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerThe FCDO provides tailored consular assistance to more than 20,000 British nationals abroad in new cases every year and supports an additional c. 8,000 involved in long-running cases. In FY 2022/23 this included support to c. 4,000 arrested or detained Br...
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