§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will define and describe the measures classified as debt relief in British aid statistics, and give amounts of debt relief given under each measure in each of the years between 1978 and the latest year for which figures are available, in both calendar and financial years.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe measures classified as debt relief in "British Aid Statistics" are defined and described in paragraphs 21 and 22 (p XII) of the "Introduction to British Aid Statistics 1982–86". Figures for debt relief, as published in "British Aid Statistics" on a calendar year498W basis, are as follows (financial year figures are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost):
Debt Debt Debt Cancellation Rescheduling Refinancing £000 £000 £000 1978 2,100 — 5,818 1979 17,928 — 19,194 1980 68,403 — 7,929 1981 30,377 — 10,158 1982 22,444 — 3,327 1983 23,093 1,002 1,634 1984 26,127 14,192 — 1985 26,463 3,493 1,585 1986 26,660 2,527 — 1987 24,406 — 1,512