To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take in the week beginning 10 March to monitor the (a) treatment and (b) risk of torture of Mr. Simon Mann in Black Beach Prison Equatorial Guinea. (192481)

Our consul from the British deputy high commission in Lagos travelled to Malabo and visited Mr. Mann in prison on 12 February. Our high commissioner in Abuja presented his credentials in Equatorial Guinea on 6 March and followed up on Mr. Mann's situation. Consular officials aim to visit Mr. Mann again very soon, when they will discuss Mr Mann's welfare with the authorities in Equatorial Guinea.

The authorities have offered assurances that he will be treated well while in detention.