§ Mr. Skeetasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has as to the total of loans granted by 290W British banks to Eastern European States in the last five years; and how the funds were distributed among the separate countries.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneI regret that this information is not available. The amounts outstanding at the end of December 1981 are given in table 15 of the June 1982 edition of theBank of England Quarterly Bulletin available in the House of Commons Library.