Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals registered an interest with his Department by 9 April 2020 to return to the UK due to the covid-19 outbreak from the Indian states of (a) Gujarat, (b) Punjab, and (c) Maharashtra; and if he will make a statement.

By 9 April, over 21,000 people had registered their interest in travelling to the UK on HMG Charter flights.