§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what were the total amounts of the cover provided, and expenditure incurred, by the insurance services division of the ECGD and what proportion of these sums relates to the export of services through the years 1983 to 1990.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 12 February 1991]: In the financial years 1983–84 to 1989–90, ECGD insurance services covered short-term exports worth £82.5 billion of which 1.6 per cent. related to the export of services.
ECGD's published annual trading accounts include an analysis of the costs of operating ECGD as a whole but do not separately identify the costs of operating the insurance services group.