PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Spain: British Nationals Abroad (15 December 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British Citizens have requested the aid of the British Consular in Spain for crimes involving sexual violence or harassment in that country in the last five years; and what prosecutions have resulted from such reports.

Asked by:
Ms Stella Creasy (Labour)

​Our records show that over the past five years 269 British nationals approached the FCO's consular service in Spain requesting assistance as the victim of rape or sexual assault. This figure breaks down as 69 in 2012; 38 in 2013; 59 in 2014; 46 in 2015; and 57 in 2016. We do not hold information on the number of victims of sexual harassment and we do not routinely record details of prosecutions in a manner that allows the Foreign Office to answer the second part of the question in the time available.

Answered by:
Sir Alan Duncan (Conservative)
21 December 2016