Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to supporting security capacity building in Nigeria since 2010.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
Since 2010 DFID has supported a £35 million Justice for All (J4A) programme which seeks to improve personal security and access to justice for all Nigerians.
DFID also supports a £39m Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme which supports Nigerian institutions and partners to manage conflicts, reduce incidence of violence and the impact of violence on the most vulnerable groups including women and girls.
Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings she and Ministers in her Department have held with Nigerian (a) ministers, (b) government officials and (c) consular officials regarding the safety of young women in Nigeria since the mass kidnapping of 14 April 2014.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is leading on engagement with Nigerian Government officials. I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to the Rt. Hon member for Camberwell and Peckham on 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 74W by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
In addition, DFID has discussed what development support we can offer with our key development counterparts in government.
Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what advice her Department is providing to its partners involved in education provision in Nigeria on the safety of female students.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
DFID Officials are in regular contact with programme partners working in the northern states of Nigeria. Since the mass kidnapping we have discussed what further support we can offer, particularly through our security focused programmes.
DFID Nigeria actively monitors the security situation and assesses risks within all areas that we operate, providing regular security updates to partners involved in project implementation.
Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings she and Ministers in her Department have held with programme partners regarding the safety of young women in Nigeria since the mass kidnapping on 14 April 2014.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
DFID Officials are in regular contact with programme partners working in the northern states of Nigeria. Since the mass kidnapping we have discussed what further support we can offer, particularly through our security focused programmes.
DFID Nigeria actively monitors the security situation and assesses risks within all areas that we operate, providing regular security updates to partners involved in project implementation.