But 24% of Britons are unaware it is a crime, separate FCO research suggested.
The unit is a joint initiative between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Home Office.
The FCO said part of the support it provides would be to repatriate the bodies of the men.
As such, the FCO is obliged to maintain its assets, and the work on Albert was essential maintenance.
Mark Simmonds, minister for consular policy at the FCO, said the government is "committed to bringing the legislation forward".
The FCO said it had "grave concerns" over the safety of the three men still thought to be held.
Last week, the FCO urged Britons to leave Benghazi immediately in response to a "specific, imminent threat" to Westerners.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) says it believes the five sailors are being held on the island of Sirri.
The FCO is hosting a question and answer session for parents on the Families Need Fathers website on Wednesday.
"We are reopening a language school in the FCO that will train up to 1, 000 staff a year, " Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
Two men from Greater Manchester have died in a road crash while on holiday in Thailand, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed.
There were a number of non-governmental organisations, staffed by Westerners, that worked in Somaliland, a Foreign Office (FCO) spokesman told the BBC News website.
Earlier the Iranian Ambassador met at the Foreign Office with the FCO's top civil servant and permanent under secretary, Peter Ricketts, to discuss the situation.
In addition to this direct contact, the FCO funds the charity organisations Victim Support and Missing Abroad who have provided additional support to the family.
Mr. Murray then opted to apply for early severance under the terms of the FCO scheme to reduce its staff numbers, and we accepted that application.
The FCO website warns that in the southern and central regions of Somalia "there is ongoing serious violence, dangerous levels of criminal activity and general internal insecurity".
Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said it was sending a team to the region to meet the ship and see what consular assistance it could provide.
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The FCO said it had informed the Peruvian foreign ministry that the ship would have been delayed for technical reasons, but "there was no mutual decision to cancel".
About 270 new cases were reported in 2003-4, while this year so far there have been more than 500 new cases, data from the Foreign Office (FCO) showed.
The FCO assess that there there is currently no immediate increased risk or danger to those living in or travelling to the country as a result of these statements.
Russia has previously wanted to present its own Ushakov Medal to Britons who had served on the convoys, but the move was blocked by the UK Foreign Office (FCO).
And though DfID will survive as a separate department, it will be bound more closely to the FCO and the Ministry of Defence by a proposed national security council.
"We are now aware of a specific threat to Westerners in Somaliland and urge any British nationals who remain there against our advice to leave immediately, " the FCO said in a statement.
"We know that before or during school holidays is one of the most common times for a child to be abducted, " said Daisy Organ, the head of the FCO's child abduction section.
According to the FCO research, 74% of people thought fathers were most likely to abduct their children but statistics from Reunite International suggest 70% of their cases concern mothers taking the child.
Opening the debate, Mr Hague told MPs that, far from shrinking, the FCO's presence overseas would be bolstered by "up to 11 new British embassies and eight new consulates for trade offices" by 2015.
They are confident in our unique expertise, gained over 60 years, in providing essential secure support services to the FCO, other government departments and foreign governments and bodies with which the UK has close links.
"It is clear that there is still no minister with specific responsibility for ensuring that there is coherence across the MOD, the FCO and DfID in efforts to combat violence against women internationally, " she said.
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