HC Deb 15 July 1998 vol 316 c214W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount received in debt service by the Export Credits Guarantee Department in 1997 from heavily indebted poor countries. [48991]

Mrs. Beckett

Payments to ECGD during the financial year 1997/98 by Heavily Indebted Poor Countries amounted to £32,860,000.

The breakdown by country, to the nearest £1000, was:

  • Benin: £188,000
  • Bolivia: £1,175,000
  • Burkina Faso: £58,000
  • Cameroon: £1,695,000
  • Congo: £221,000
  • Cote d'Ivoire: £112,000
  • Ethopia: £441,000
  • Ghana: £1,504,000
  • Guinea: £169,000
  • Guyana: £5,079,000
  • Kenya: £7,959,000
  • Madagascar: £374,000
  • Mali: £275,000
  • Mozambique: £963,000
  • Mauritania: £609,000
  • Nicaragua: £113,000
  • Niger: £49,000
  • Senegal: £60,000
  • Togo: £517,000
  • Tanzania: £3,997,000
  • Uganda: £773,000
  • Vietnam: £406,000
  • Yemen: £4,282,000
  • Zambia: £1,841,000