§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the amounts of ECGD exposure in each member country of the present Gulf Co-operation Council in each year since 1983. [1344]
§ Mrs. RocheECGD is currently in the process of migrating its business database to a new computer system and for this reason exposure figures can be provided immediately for the last two years only:
Amounts at risk £ million 31 March 1996 31 March 1997 Saudi Arabia 976 976 UAE 270 148 Bahrain 179 167 Qatar 362 544 Oman 677 603 Kuwait 509 348 I shall write to my hon. Friend with fuller details next month and place a copy of that letter in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the total outstanding sum of ECGD(a) exposure and (b) amounts (i) recovered, (ii) not 180W recovered, (iii) written off and (iv) rescheduled in each year since 1987–88 for (A) Iraq, (B) Jordan and (C) Nigeria. [1343]
§ Mrs. RocheECGD is currently in the process of migrating its business database to a new computer system and for this reason I am not immediately in a position to provide the details my hon. Friend has requested.
These details will be available next month and I will write to my hon. Friend with them as soon as possible thereafter and place a copy in the Library of the House.