§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance he has offered the Government of Togo to reduce levels of child prostitution in the country. [167825]
§ Hilary BennDFID has had no bilateral programme of assistance with the Government of Togo. The European Commission (EC) suspended development co-operation with the Togolese Government in 1993, but provides limited support to development projects via European Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). To the best of DFID's knowledge, no EC-funded NGO project in the last five years has specifically involved combating child prostitution.