EX-ENEMY COUNTRIES (BRITISH CLAIMS).

HC Deb 06 May 1924 vol 173 cc245-6W

Sir J. PENNEFATHER

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount of the British claims, both debts and property, still unsettled by the Clearing Office (Enemy Debts), including Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and other countries, if any; and the number of British creditors concerned?

Mr. S. WEBB

The total amount of the outstanding British claims in respect of the four administrations is

	Amount.
	£
Debts	…	…	19,595,140
Property claims	…	…	31,824,508
Total	…	…	51,419,648

The number of individual claims making up the above totals is:

	Number.
Debts	…	…	27,519
Property claims	…	…	7,984
Total	…	…	35,503

To give the actual number of creditors and claimants would involve considerable research, as in many cases individual creditors have a number of separate claims.