HC Deb 02 March 1998 vol 307 c443W
Mr. Timms

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate she has made of the total official debt owed by Mozambique; and what was the amount spent by Mozambique on(a) debt service, (b) health and (c) education, in terms of (i) US dollars, (ii) US dollars per capita, (iii) percentage of GNP and (iv) percentage of government expenditure in each of the last three years. [31679]

Clare Short

We are able to obtain only the following details:

Total official external debt (US$ million) Total debt service as a percentage of GNP
1993 5,209 10
1994 5,651 11
1995 5,781 13

Percentage shares of Government of Mozambique recurrent expenditure
Education Health
1993 12 6
1994 10 5
1995 16 8

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