§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the level of debt interest payments and other remittances paid to the United Kingdom by(a) African countries, (b) all developing countries and (c) other countries in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. NelsonReceipts are paid to the Overseas Development Administration, to the Commonwealth Development Corporation, and under bilateral debt rescheduling agreements to the Export Credits Guarantee Department. The following data relate to receipts received by each agency(a) in total and (b) from African countries. There is no definitive definition between developing and other countries. Figures for ECGD and ODA are for financial years, while those for CDC are for calendar years. For 1992–93, the data for ECGD are to the end of November 1992, while the ODA has supplied an estimate of the receipts it expects for the entire year. These are the most comparable latest figures available. Producing data for earlier years would entail a disproportionate cost.
£ million 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 ECGD Total 371 406 250 of which African 292 279 132 ODA Total 53 61 42 of which African 5 5 1 1990 1991 CDC Total 134 158 of which African 72 55