Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people have had consular assistance in India in each of the last six months; and what proportion of those cases were in the state of Punjab.

The number of new assistance cases in India in each of the last 6 months is:

Figures for the state of Punjab are not available as our current case management system does not enable us to isolate data to a sub-national level.