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Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Wednesday, 24 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 February 2010. It was answered by Chris Bryant (Labour) on Monday, 1 March 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Commonwealth: Diplomatic Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) Canadians, (b) Australians, (c) New Zealanders and (d) Indians used UK consular facilities in absence of representation of their country in (a) each of the last three years and (b) 2010 to date.
Answer

From April 2008 we do not have figures available for third country nationals assisted by our missions overseas. Prior to this, our overseas posts were asked to provide, as part of an annual survey, the number of assistance cases handled, including how many cases involved unrepresented commonwealth nationals. These figures were not broken down by nationality. The figures for financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08 are as follows:

Number
2006-07
Total assistance cases 34,874
of which:
unrepresented Commonwealth nationals 200
2007-08
Total assistance cases 25,092
of which:
unrepresented Commonwealth Nationals 155

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c839W; 319583
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Commonwealth Diplomatic service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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