HC Deb 15 May 1989 vol 153 cc111-2W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table

Gross public expenditure £ thousand Grants £ thousand Overseas Development Administration loans £ thousand Commonwealth Development Corporation expenditure1 £ thousand
1979 29,159 10,784 17,875 500
1980 20,696 12,604 5,850 2,242
1981 24,119 12,713 4,751 6,654
1982 14,237 10,646 912 2,679
1983 15,485 11,121 2,154 2,210
1984 32,901 11,170 4,756 16,975
1985 25,552 11,901 6,495 7,157
1986 35,351 28,062 4,213 3,076
1987 24,825 23,720 663 442
19882
Source: British aid statistics.
1 Commonwealth Development Corporation expenditure on loans and equity investments.
2 1988 figures will be available in due course.

Outstanding Commonwealth Development Corporation loans at 31 March 1989 totalled £38.1

Loan title Total amount outstanding £ thousand Final repayment due date Interest rate per cent.
Zambia Exchequer Loan (£1 million issued 17 April 1962) 78 11 April 1987 6.625
Zambia Exchequer Loan (£750,000 issued 27 June 1963) 103 27 June 1988 5.5
Zambia Exchequer Loan (£1.25 million issued 31 March 1964) 92 31 March 1989 6
Zambia Development Loan 1973 648 30 June 1998 Free
Zambia Loan 1978 8,231 31 March 2003 2
Zambia Loan No. 2 1978 19,366 8 August 2003 2
Zambia Loan 1980 5,094 24 January 2005 2
Zambia Programme Aid Loan 1983 4,490 1 June 2008 2
Zambia Programme Loan 1984 5,161 1 June 2008 2
Zambia Debt Rescheduling 1983 625 30 June 1993 2
Zambia Debt Rescheduling 1983 (Arrears) 97 30 June 1988 2
Zambia Debt Rescheduling 1984 (1) 97 30 June 1994 2
Zambia Debt Rescheduling 1984 (2) 706 30 June 1994 2
Zambia Debt Rescheduling 1986 2,527 30 June 1996 2
TOTAL 47,315

indicating the extent of United Kingdom assistance to Zambia by way of (a) grants and (b) loans in each of the past 10 years; and what is the sum total of outstanding loans made to Zambia which are repayable, the date by which repayment has to be made, and the level of interest payments on these loans.

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is as follows:

million. A breakdown is not readily available. Details of outstanding debt on Overseas Development Administration loans are as follows: