Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information his Department holds on the number of British citizens that have been kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in each of the last five years.

The FCDO does not have any recorded kidnap cases in The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the past five years. FCDO Travel Advice highlights a small but increasing threat of criminal "express" kidnaps in DRC. Travel Advice highlights incidents in early 2023 of foreigners being targeted by individuals impersonating police in the Limete area of Kinshasa and that kidnaps in DRC are generally for financial gain or motivated by criminality.