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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office only captures information about cases that
come to our attention, rather than holding definitive information on the total number
of UK nationals who are victims of murder and manslaughter overseas.</p><p>The FCO
has provided assistance to the following number of cases recorded as murder and manslaughter
in each of the last five years:</p><p>2010 <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">68</ins><br
/>2011 <del class="ministerial">70</del><ins class="ministerial">78</ins><br />2012
<del class="ministerial">59</del><ins class="ministerial">53</ins><br />2013 <del
class="ministerial">76</del><ins class="ministerial">78</ins><br />2014 <del class="ministerial">89</del><ins
class="ministerial">84</ins><br />2015 <del class="ministerial">67 (up to and including
July 2015)</del><ins class="ministerial">88</ins>.</p><p>In January 2015, the FCO
established a new dedicated team to lead on murder and manslaughter cases. These cases
have occurred throughout the world in the past five years. Since January, deaths have
occurred in Afghanistan, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Kenya,
Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Switzerland,
Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, USA, and Zambia.</p><p> </p>
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