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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much financial resource her Department provides for development aid in Nigeria.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487881/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Islamic State West Africa (ISWA) have claimed responsibility for a number of attacks in the Lake Chad Basin region in recent months. The UK Government remains concerned about ISWA, not only because of the significant impact of the conflict in North East Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad Basin, but also because ISWA is a leading propaganda outlet for Daesh.<\/p><p>The UK Government is supporting Nigeria to respond to the conflict with extremist groups, including ISWA, in the Lake Chad Basin. We are supporting regional stabilisation efforts and efforts to increase interagency cooperation to tackle terrorism and respond to terrorist attacks. We are also delivering training to increase the Government of Nigeria's ability to tackle terrorist financing. In addition, the UK Government is supporting Nigeria to deliver comprehensive and human rights compliant defection, demobilisation, disengagement and deradicalisation and reintegration (4DR) processes, which provide a genuine pathway for members of Violent Extremist Organisations to defect and reintegrate into their communities.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department\u2019s policies of the potential threat to security posed by the Islamic State\u2019s West African Province.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487882/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A reliable estimate of the number of kidnaps for ransom in Nigeria in the last two years is hard to calculate, because of the number of agencies involved in kidnap response and recording. However, we are aware that several thousand kidnap for ransom cases are reported each year.<\/p><p>Through our Security and Defence Partnership, the UK is helping Nigeria build its capacity to respond to kidnaps. We are providing mentoring and capacity-building support to Nigerian Police Force units to improve their anti-kidnap capacity, to help reduce harm to victims, and to hold those responsible to account.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of kidnappings for ransom that have occurred in Nigeria in the last two years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487883/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK Government draws on a range of sources of information to deepen our understanding of conflict in Nigeria. We are aware of attempts by research bodies and international organisations to estimate the number of people killed due to farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria. While exact figures are hard to verify, it is clear that these conflicts continue to have a devastating impact on those affected and on Nigeria's security as a whole. We continue to encourage the Nigerian Government to take urgent action to protect all those at risk of violence, bring perpetrators to justice, and address the root causes of the violence. Through our programmes in Nigeria, we are supporting dialogue, mediation and sustainable livelihoods to help address the short and long-term drivers of conflict.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have been killed in clashes between farmers and nomadic Fulani herders and militants in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4006", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487884/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK Government does not make its own estimate of the prevalence of human trafficking in other countries. Instead we draw on data gathered by national governments, UN agencies and international civil society organisations better placed to gather this information. For example, we know that the International Organisation for Migration (https://www.iom.int/) has helped to repatriate over 21,000 Nigerian trafficking victims, mainly from Libya, since 2017.<\/p><p>The UK supports the Nigerian Government, through our Security and Defence Partnership, to respond to serious and organised crime and human trafficking.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of cases of human trafficking in Nigeria in the most recent period for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487885/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Nigeria has the second highest number of extreme poor people in the world. In 2018/19, approximately 83 million people in Nigeria (around 40 per cent) lived below the national poverty line (https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/03/21/afw-deep-structural-reforms-guided-by-evidence-are-urgently-needed-to-lift-millions-of-nigerians-out-of-poverty). The World Bank estimates that the Covid-19 crisis caused five million more Nigerians to fall below the poverty line (https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/infographic/2022/03/21/afw-nigeria-poverty-assessment-2022-a-better-future-for-all-nigerians).<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people in Nigeria who live in poverty.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4006", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Violence in Nigeria, which includes terrorism, intercommunal violence and attacks by criminal groups, is having a devastating impact on affected communities, including those living in border regions. We are monitoring the strain that conflict in Nigeria is placing on neighbouring countries, such as Niger, as well as within the country itself.<\/p><p>We continue to urge and support the Nigerian Government to take action to implement long-term solutions that address the root causes of violence. At our Security and Defence Dialogue in February we committed to support Nigeria as it responds to growing security challenges. The UK is also supporting the International Organisation for Migration's work with the Governments of Niger and Nigeria to improve border management, through our Collaboration against trafficking and smuggling between Nigeria and Niger (CATS) programme. We will continue to work with international partners to monitor the impacts of conflict in Nigeria on neighbouring countries.<\/p>"}
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