Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many diplomatic certificates his Department has issued in the last two years; to whom such certificates were issued; and for what roles such certificates were issued.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office may be asked to produce a certificate confirming a person’s entitlement to privilege or immunity whenever required in any legal proceedings, under section 4 of the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964. Details of these certificates are not recorded centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.