Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (Hansard, 13 July 1998)

HC Deb 13 July 1998 vol 316 c63W 63W

§ Mr. Laurence Robertson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) of 23 June 1998,Official Report, columns 453–54, on heavily indebted poor countries, if he will list in respect of each country the creditors in the United Kingdom; if he will estimate how much is owed to each creditor; and if he will make a statement. [50161]

§ Mrs. Liddell
The export credit debts listed in the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) on 23 June are all sovereign debts which are owed directly to ECGD. ECGD is owed a total of £5,389 million by the countries that were listed. In the case of the aid loans that are listed, DFID is the creditor, and is owed a total of £27.55 million.