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Nigerian Police Training

Volume 270: debated on Monday 29 January 1996

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Nigerian police officers have received police training in the United Kingdom in each year since 1990; and if he will list (a) the names and ranks of the trainees, (b) the cost and duration of each officer's training, (c) which United Kingdom police forces provided the training and (d) which Government department provided the funding for the training. [11576]

Twenty-one Nigerian police officers have received training in the United Kingdom since 1990, funded by the Overseas Development Administration. The further details requested have been placed in the Libraries of the House.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Eccles (Miss Lestor) on 19 January, Official Report, column 787.