Repatriation

Mr. Grieve
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many prison places in Ilorin prison he expects to be provided under the Returns and Reintegration Fund.

Bill Rammell
We are discussing with the Nigerian Government a range of assistance to the Nigeria Prison Service through the Returns and Reintegration Fund to support reform and improve conditions. This includes equipping an uncommissioned prison in Ilorin, which has a capacity to hold around 160 inmates. Final plans on assistance are yet to be confirmed.