Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 196981 on Thailand: British Nationals Abroad, if she will publish raw, redacted data on unexplained deaths in Thailand in 2022 to enable analysis of the regions in which those deaths occurred.

In 2022, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provided consular assistance in 154 new cases in Thailand following a death where the circumstances were recorded as unknown in our case management system.

Our current case management system does not enable us to filter by regions within Thailand. However, in some cases the location of the incident is recorded. In 2022 of the 154 unknown deaths fewer than 5 case locations were recorded where the reason of death was unknown. Where our data refers to five cases or fewer we do not provide a breakdown so as to prevent the identification of individuals and their personal data, in this case to protect the bereaved families.

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 following initial triage. The FCDO publishes consular data where a breakdown by country and assistance case type can be found on gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/consular-data.