HC Deb 16 February 1999 vol 325 cc636-7W
Mr. Ben Chapman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total amount of Government expenditure by Malawi on debt servicing in (i) 1980, (ii) 1985, (iii) 1990, (iv) 1995 and (v) the latest available year. [71392]

Ms Hewitt

The World Bank publicationGlobal Development Finance: Country Tables 1998 gives the following figures for 1980, 1989, 1990, 1995 and 1996. It does not give data for 1985.

Year Debt service paid (US$m)
1980 68
1989 58
1990 103
1995 105
1996 68