HC Deb 30 July 1998 vol 317 c553W
Mr. Alan Simpson

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the top 10 companies in receipt of export credit guarantees for the financial years 1995–96 and 1996–97 indicating the amount of cover given to each company for each year. [51414]

Mrs. Roche

ECGD have identified the following firms as the top ten main contractors under export credit guarantees which it issued in these years:

1995–96 1996–97
1 British Aerospace 1 British Aerospace
2 G. E. C. 2 M. W. Kellogg
3 Water Projects International 3 Rolls-Royce
4 Babcock 4 Aero International
5 BICC 5 Foster Wheeler
6 APV (UK) Ltd. 6 Joy Mining Machinery
7 Amec 7 Alvis
8 Rolls-Royce 8 Nokia Telecoms
9 Rediffusion Simulation 9 Babcock
10 Weir Group 10 Amec

For reasons of commercial confidentiality ECGD is unable to provide details of the amount of cover given to each company.