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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office consular data

This series brings together all Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) consular data documents.

This dataset set contains monthly data on consular assistance provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). It also includes data from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) until August 2020.

From 2019 onwards, the data is broken down by the country in which assistance was provided rather than as previously by embassy, high commission or consulate.

The FCDO provides consular assistance globally to UK nationals through a network of diplomatic missions responsible for geographic areas. Our diplomatic missions record assistance cases for the region which they cover, rather than the incident location.

We also offer consular assistance to Commonwealth nationals in non-Commonwealth countries, where they do not have any diplomatic or consular representation. Some of this assistance may be included in the data that we publish. From 1 January 2021 unrepresented EU nationals are no longer entitled to seek consular assistance from UK missions overseas.

It is not mandatory for UK nationals to report incidents to the FCDO, or one of its diplomatic missions. The data we provide only cover incidents where we have offered consular assistance.

Where the figures are 5 or fewer, we do not publish a breakdown of the numbers, as this risks identifying the individuals involved. To release this data would contravene one of the data protection principles, and sections 40(2) and 40(3) of the Freedom of Information Act apply. The Act states that the processing of personal data should be fair and lawful. It is the fairness aspect which would be breached by disclosure, so there is no public interest test to apply.

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Updates to this page

Published 27 May 2013
Last updated 6 March 2023 + show all updates
  1. Data for January 2023 added.

  2. Data added for January 2022.

  3. Added new FCDO consular data for September 2020.

  4. New 2020 consular data page added with new monthly data available

  5. New 2019 consular data page added with January and February 2019 data available

  6. Wording updated to reflect that the data will now be published by country only from 2019.

  7. January 2018 data now available.

  8. Consular data January 2017 added

  9. Foreign Office data for 2016 document added.

  10. 2014 added

  11. Updated with data from 2012 and 2013.

  12. First published.