Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to assess whether consular assistance is provided after the (a) death, (b) torture and (c) imprisonment of a British citizen abroad.

The assistance the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) can provide to British nationals abroad is set out in the publication: Support for British nationals abroad: A Guide. It includes information on what we can do in cases of death abroad (page 21), for victims of torture and mistreatment (page 17), and for those in detention or prison overseas (page 19). It also includes information on who the FCO can help (page 6). In all cases, the level and type of assistance we offer is tailored to the individual circumstances of each case

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