HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 c392W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Britain counts debt forgiveness for non-Overseas Development Administration export credits in ODA totals; and whether care for asylum seekers is counted in his figures for overseas development assistance.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Debt forgiveness in relation to officially supported export credits is included in the United Kingdom's total official development assistance figures in accordance with the OECD Development Assistance Committee's guidelines. In the financial year 1992–93, the total debt forgiven for agreements under the Toronto and Trinidad terms in respect of officially supported export credits was £51.1 million.

Assistance to asylum seekers is not included in the United Kingdom's total official development assistance.

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