HC Deb 28 January 2000 vol 343 c371W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the Export Credits Guarantee Department's 1998–99 exposure in unrecovered claims for exports to Nigeria is for defence-related exports. [105932]

Mr. Caborn

[holding answer 24 January 2000]: Nine per cent. of the unrecovered claims relating to Nigeria are defence-related. These claims were all authorised prior to 1996 and are currently recorded on ECGD's Balance Sheet as assets.