HC Deb 23 June 1998 vol 314 cc453-4W
Mr. Cash

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Hitchen and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley) of 18 May 1998,Official Report, column 291, if he will list by country the value of the outstanding debts on (a) United Kingdom aid loans and (b) loans guaranteed by the British Government through the Export Credits Guarantee Department, for each of the countries defined by the World Bank as severely or moderately indebted; and if he will give equivalent figures for (i)Afghanistan, (ii) Cuba, (iii) Gibraltar and (iv) Iraq. [44998]

Mrs. Liddell

The values of the outstanding claims held by ECGD and DFID, on all of the countries identified by the World Bank in Global Development Finance 1998 as moderately or severely indebted low income countries, are listed in the table. The table also includes the figures for Afghanistan, Cuba, Gibraltar and Iraq. The figures for ECGD's claims give the value of the outstanding principal of the loans at end-1997. The figures for DFID's claims give outstanding principal and interest and are current at end May 1997.

£ million
Country Value of ECGD's export credit claims Value of DFID'S Claims
Afghanistan nil nil
Albania nil nil
Angola 91.2 nil
Bangladesh nil nil
Benin 2.7 nil
Bhutan nil nil
Bolivia 17.5 nil
Burkina Faso 1 nil
Burundi nil nil
Cambodia nil nil
Cameroon 61.5 0.07
C.A.R. 0.5 nil
Chad nil nil
China nil nil
Comoros 0.04 nil
Congo-Brazzaville 123 nil
Cote d'Ivoire 30.5 nil
Cuba 51.2 nil
DR Congo (ex Zaire) 129.4 nil
Equatorial Guinea nil nil
Eritrea nil nil
Ethiopia 11.7 nil
Gambia nil nil
Ghana 3.5 nil
Gibraltar nil nil
Guinea 5.1 nil
Guinea-Bissau nil nil
Guyana 44.2 nil
Haiti nil nil
Honduras 0.36 nil
India 1.6 9.8
Iraq 650 nil
Kenya 43.5 nil
Laos nil nil
Liberia 14.5 0.08
Madagascar 27 nil
Malawi 0.7 nil
£million
Country Value of ECGD's export credit claims value of DFID's claims
Mali 4.1 nil
Mauritania 7.1 nil
Mongolia nil nil
Mozambique 86.3 nil
Myanmar 25 nil
Nepal nil nil
Nicaragua 1 nil
Niger 10.8 nil
Nigeria 3,100 4.9
Pakistan 0.68 nil
Rwanda nil nil
Sao Tome et Principe nil nil
Senegal 2.9 nil
Sierra Leone 3.5 nil
Somalia 27.5 nil
Sri Lanka 4,000 nil
Sudan 404.8 nil
Tanzania 125.7 nil
Togo 14.2 nil
Uganda 14 nil
Vietnam 10.4 nil
Yemen 6.2 nil
Zambia 234.1 nil
Zimbabwe 0.1 12.7