§ 93 and 94. Sir T. Beamishasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the total interest due to be paid on all foreign loans to the United Kingdom, including drawings from the International Monetary Fund, in each of the years 1969 to 1975, inclusive.
(2) if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the capital outstanding on each foreign loan to the United Kingdom including drawings from the International Monetary Fund on 31 st December 1968 and at the latest available date, and the repayments of capital and payments of interest due to be made in each month of 1969.
§ Mr. Harold LeverInterest due up to 1975 on all external loans taken by H.M. Government, including I.M.F. drawings, is as follows:
£ million 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 87 76 70 47 43 41 39 The amounts of capital outstanding are as follows:—
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£ million Amount outstanding at 31st December, 24th February, Lender 1968 1969 Portugal 23 23 United States Line of Credit 1,262 1,262 United States Lend-Lease 197 197 Canadian Credit 369 369 United States Economic Co-operation Administration 108 108 United States Mutual Security Agency 18 18 Germany—European Payments Union 25 25 International Monetary Fund—May, 1965 drawing 500 417 Parallel Swiss Loan 11 4 International Monetary Fund—March, 1966 drawing 51 51 United States Export Import, Line of Credit (Military Aircraft Loans) 229 230 Bank for International Settlements 43 26 Deutsche Bundesbank 21 21 International Monetary Fund—June. 1968 drawing 583 583 TOTAL 3,440 3,334 Repayments of capital and payments of interest due monthly in 1969 are as follows:
£ million capital Interest January 26 0.1 February 99 0.5 March 60 7.7 April 9 0.1 May 96 0.2 June 16 14.3 July — — August 97 1.0 September — 7.3 October — 1.2 November 83 — December 59 54.2 545 86.6 These tables exclude short-term transactions between Central Banks, which it is not customary to disclose.