Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 7 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance has been provided to New Zealand following the recent earthquake in Christchurch.
Officials from our high commission in Wellington, led by our high commissioner, were quickly deployed to Christchurch to liaise with the New Zealand authorities and provide consular assistance to British nationals. In response to a request from the New Zealand Government, we immediately sent a self-sufficient search and rescue team of 63 experts drawn from the British emergency fire and rescue services.
In addition, the New Zealand Government have accepted our offer of support in the process of Disaster Victim Identification. A 10-man team, specially tailored to support the New Zealand authorities, is in Christchurch and providing essential support and expertise in helping to identify any potential British victims and bolster the New Zealand authorities in their wider identification process.
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