HC Deb 14 May 1990 vol 172 cc276-7W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the number and value of grants made by the Export Credits Guarantee Department to South Africa for each year since 1985.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 10 May 1990]: The ECGD has not made any grants to South Africa in the period in question.

Since ECGD's normal fixed-rate export finance arrangements apply to medium and long-term export credits to South Africa, some grants to banks in Britain supporting such export credits will have been made as part of the overall arrangements.