Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many states does the UK (a) not have consular representation and (b) have consular representation for UK citizens provided for by consular authorities of another EU member state.

The UK does not have consular representation in 48 nation states. Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Article 23, EU Member States should provide consular assistance to EU citizens not represented by their own state, in third countries, on the same basis as their own nationals. We do not hold reliable data about where other EU member states assist UK citizens. In many of these 48 states, the UK also has local, bilateral agreements with non-EU international partners to ensure unrepresented UK nationals have access to consular assistance.