HC Deb 01 November 1999 vol 337 c28W
Mr. Baldry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which countries currently qualify for ECGD over. [96323]

Mr. Caborn

This information is in the public domain, published in the Autumn 1999 issue of 'ECGD News'. I have arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Baldry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in each of the last five years, how much the Treasury has had to make available to ECGD to cover losses incurred by the ECGD. [96562]

Mr. Caborn

Over the last five years, cash-flow on ECGD's trading operations has been positive:

£ million
Financial year Cash-flow
1994–95 -8.1
1995–96 245.9
1996–97 444.9
1997–98 442.6
1998–99 353.5

As a result, over this period, ECGD has not been a charge on the Exchequer and has contributed £1.5 billion to it.