HC Deb 17 April 1978 vol 948 cc24-5W
Mr. Kenneth Clarke

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what is the annual amount of interest payable to the British Government on outstanding aid and development loans to each of the developing countries categorised as the poorest in the world; and what proposals the Government have to forgo payment of that interest.

Mrs. Hart

The figures requested are attached. They concern the 12 poorest

ANNUAL INTEREST PAYABLE TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON OUTSTANDING AID AND DEVELOPMENT LOANS BY COUNTRIES CATEGORISED AS THE POOREST IN THE WORLD
£ thousand
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Afghanistan 15 9 1
Botswana 69 64 61 54 48 43 38 30
Egypt 300 300 299 290 273 257 240 224
India 6,103 5,382 4,706 4,098 3,511 2,900 2,282 1,683
Kenya 1,850 1,756 1,656 1,550 1,423 1,295 1,155 1,008
Malawi 120 111 102 93 83 72 62 49
Pakistan 1,464 1,252 1,088 953 833 712 588 466
Sierra Leone 255 232 212 188 164 139 113 85
Sudan 130 106 83 60 38 9
Tanzania 177 160 142 124 105 89 72 53
Uganda* 456 420 376 329 281 229 177 119
Lesotho 17 15 14 12 12 10 8 7
Total 10.956 9,807 8,740 7,751 6,771 5,755 4,735 3,724
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Afghanistan
Botswana 26 17 13 9 4 1
Egypt 206 191 173 158 140 123 107 89
India 1,164 755 433 162 12
Kenya 864 732 624 531 445 362 296 236
Malawi 38 24 13 5
Pakistan 340 220 121 55 9
Sierra Leone 57 33 25 19 13 5
Sudan
Tanzania 33 19 15 9 5 1
Uganda* 61 27 2
Lesotho 4 3
Total 2,793 2,021 1,419 948 628 492 403 325
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
Afghanistan 25
Botswana 477
Egypt 74 56 41 23 8 3,572
India 33,191
Kenya 176 121 79 57 35 14 4 16,269
Malawi 772
Pakistan 8,101
Sierra Leone 1,540
Sudan 426
Tanzania 1,004
Uganda* 2,477
Lesotho 102
Total 250 177 120 80 43 14 4 67,956
* Interest payments are for loans committed in 1962–64.
† Small amounts which aggregate to less than one thousand.

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