Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 37469, what support the Government has offered to the government of Togo in the past year on (a) security for communities, (b) security for communities in the north of that country and (c) avoiding civilian casualties and protecting human rights in security operations.

The UK Government has not provided bilateral support on security to the Togolese Government in the last year. The Minister for Armed Forces visited Togo in June to understand the impact of the deteriorating situation in the Sahel on regional security and to discuss how the UK could support regional initiatives in response. We are supportive of the efforts of the African Union, Economic Community of West African States and the Accra Initiative, and at the UK-Ghana Security Dialogue in July set out our ambition to support regional partners to galvanise international support for such efforts.