Question follow-through · 17245
Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of its consular surge capacity to support British nationals in the event of a large-scale overseas crisis.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of its consular surge capacity to support British nationals in the event of a large-scale overseas crisis.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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15 Jul 2026
Answer published
Consular and crisis support is available 24/7 through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) contact centre and global network. When a crisis results in increased consular assistance requests, the FCDO may send a Rapid Deployment Team (...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad
16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17245, to what countries and on what date has the Rapid Deployment Team been sent to provide consular assistance.