Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK citizens stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 pandemic have been returned to the UK on charter flights arranged by the Governments of other countries.

As the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (FCDO) set out in its response to the Foreign Affairs Committee's Third Report (https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmfaff/859/85902.htm), we collaborated with other countries to ensure the return of more than 4,000 British travellers on their charter flights, and supported more than 8,000 of their nationals in return.