Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
Document: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024 (webpage)

Found: the G7 members and welcome those of our partners, such as ASEAN, IORA, Australia, Republic of Korea, India

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Written Question

Diplomatic Service

Friday 19th April 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many requests for consular support were made to each British Embassy or Consulate in 2023; and how many of those were responded to by officials within a period of 24 hours.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Our consular staff endeavour to give appropriate and tailored assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year, to British nationals overseas and their families in the UK who need support. In 2023, in addition to long running cases, we provided support to around 22,000 British nationals, see breakdown by Post in the table below. The FCDO reports publicly on consular delivery through the FCDO Outcome Delivery Plan [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-commonwealth-development-office-outcome-delivery-plan]. Publishing our transparency data is currently on hold while we embed a new Case Management system.

COUNTRY	2023
Afghanistan	22
Albania	63
Algeria	23
Angola
Argentina	34
Armenia	8
Australia	414
Austria	92
Azerbaijan	12
Bahrain	48
Barbados	113
Belarus	6
Belgium	152
Bolivia	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12
Botswana	15
Brazil	88
Bulgaria	166
Cambodia	112
Cameroon	30
Canada	181
Chile	21
China	143
Colombia	73
Congo (Democratic Republic)	22
Costa Rica	39
Croatia	114
Cuba	29
Cyprus	441
Czechia	141
Denmark	88
Dominican Republic	67
Ecuador	13
Egypt	383
Estonia	19
Ethiopia	104
Fiji	21
Finland	49
France	1027
Georgia	27
Germany	662
Ghana	85
Greece	936
Guatemala	43
Guinea
Guyana	17
Hong Kong SAR	110
Hungary	131
Iceland	17
India	360
Indonesia	196
Iraq	46
Ireland	104
Israel	39
Italy	411
Ivory Coast
Jamaica	179
Japan	167
Jerusalem	61
Jordan	71
Kazakhstan	14
Kenya	146
Kuwait	30
Kyrgyzstan
Laos	29
Latvia	20
Lebanon	34
Liberia
Lithuania	23
Luxembourg	10
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia	138
Malta	106
Mauritius	14
Mexico	207
Moldova	13
Mongolia	6
Montenegro	33
Morocco	222
Myanmar (Burma)	8
Namibia	9
Nepal	21
Netherlands	287
New Zealand	127
Nigeria	74
Norway	149
Oman	50
Pakistan	376
Panama	17
Paraguay
Peru	58
Philippines	283
Poland	242
Portugal	524
Qatar	96
Romania	89
Russia	28
Rwanda	7
Saudi Arabia	166
Senegal	21
Serbia	29
Seychelles	11
Sierra Leone	15
Singapore	105
Slovakia	38
Slovenia	17
South Africa	195
South Korea	40
Spain	4143
Sri Lanka	86
St Lucia	21
Sudan	34
Sweden	110
Switzerland	157
Taiwan	22
Tajikistan	6
Tanzania	36
Thailand	1383
The Gambia	48
Trinidad and Tobago	40
Tunisia	75
Turkey	947
Uganda	52
Ukraine	56
United Arab Emirates	658
United States	1649
Uruguay	10
Uzbekistan	8
Venezuela
Vietnam	188
Zambia	22
Zimbabwe	26

NB We do not publish data where figures are 5 or below to comply with GDPR

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Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Competition and Markets Authority

Apr. 18 2024

Source Page: The CMA at 10: Past reflections and a look ahead to the next decade of promoting competition and protecting consumers
Document: empirically established again and again at country and sector level (PDF)

Found: There is a rapidly increasing literature studying the effects of increased market openness in India.

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Written Question

Oil: Imports

Thursday 18th April 2024

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2024 to Question 20431, whether HMRC has taken enforcement action on oil originating in Russia and imported from a refinery in India since 21 July 2022.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Revenue and Customs does not comment on operational enforcement matters pertaining to specific import or export scenarios.

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Written Question

Far East and India: Diplomatic Service

Thursday 18th April 2024

Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how many UK-based staff from his Department worked in (a) HM Embassy or the High Commission and (b) Consulates General, Consulates or Deputy High Commissions in (i) China, (ii) South Korea, (iii) Vietnam, (iv) the Philippines, (v) India and (vi) the Asia Pacific region in 2023.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Mar24 UKB Data
	Location	A	B
(v)	India	30-39	10-19
(iv)	Philippines	10-19	No UKB Staff
(ii)	South Korea	10-19	No UKB Staff
(iii)	Vietnam	10-19	Fewer than 10
(vi)	Asia Pacific Region	180-199	Fewer than 10

Scope
British Embassy	A
British High Commission	A
British Consulate	B
British Consulate General	B
British Deputy High Commission	B

Countries in Scope of Asia Pacific Region

Australia

Brunei

Cambodia

Fiji

Indonesia

South Korea

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Samoa

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Thailand

Tonga

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Staff in scope: UKB
Headcount data is presented as at: Mar24
Locations:China (Withheld), India, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam (Part (i) to (v), see list for (Part (vi).
Staff out of scope: Contingent Labour, Unpaid Liabilities, Ministers / NeDs / SpAds etc, third party suppliers, Staff working for other government departments, CB staff.
Headcounts are banded for release in line with advice from FCDO Information and Cyber Security Unit.

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Select Committee

Petitioner Evidence Part 1 of 2

Scrutiny evidence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee

Found: Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India

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Select Committee

Promoter Evidence Part 2 of 4

Scrutiny evidence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee

Found: Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 17 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: Ethiopia Fiji 644 Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India

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Select Committee

Director General Finance on Public Accounts Committee hearing relating to DHSC contracting for PPE 27.03.24

Correspondence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: over 4,400 pieces of equipment have been donated as international aid including packages to Peru, India

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Select Committee

2024-04-17 09:30:00+01:00

Oral Evidence Apr. 17 2024

Inquiry: UK Astronomy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: thousand satellites have been put up recently, but with all the launches scheduled by Russia, China, India

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