§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reference has been made to Interpol(a) by his office and (b) by British police forces concerning the whereabouts of missing persons in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement. [29487]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 15 May 1996]: No such references have been made by the Home Office.
Since January 1995, Interpol London has made one request to the Nigerian central bureau of Interpol to help trace a missing person believed to be in Nigeria. The request was made on behalf of a police force in the United Kingdom which had been contacted by concerned relatives.