§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the(a) total debt owed, (b) debt written off, (c) balance outstanding, (d) interest accrued and (e) additional advances made, standing to the ECGD by each of the highly indebted poor countries for each of the financial years 1989–90 to 1998–99. [96059]
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§ Mr. Caborn[holding answer 28 October 1999]: The table shows the latest available position in 1999 for debt owed, principal forgiven, interest accrued and overdue and the residual balance of amounts guaranteed for the current agreed list of highly indebted poor countries.
To answer the question for each of the years requested would incur disproportionate cost. However, the vast majority of the debt owing has been in existence prior to 1989, with movements occurring on amounts forgiven and interest.
Highly indebted poor countries All figures £ million Market Debt owing Principal forgiven Interest occrued and overdue Amounts guaranteed Angola 60.89 — 51.84 — Benin 2.69 5.22 — — Bolivia 11.55 38.39 — — Burkina Faso 0.97 1.94 — — Burundi 0 — — — Central African Republic 0.33 0.24 — — Cameroon 72.07 9.46 — — Chad 0 — — — Congo 140.48 — 1.60 — Congo (Dr) 88.23 — 76.60 — Cote D'Ivoire 31.61 6.57 — 12.38 Ethiopia 13.47 3.54 — 1.41 Equatorial Guinea 0 — — — Ghana 1.92 — — 215.26 Guinea 5.09 — — — Guyana 43.94 78.97 — — Honduras 0 — — — Kenya 36.39 — — 20.14 Laos 0 — — — Liberia 8.92 — 1.18 — Madagascar 27.22 — — — Malawi 3.42 — — — Mali 4.07 7.47 — — Mauritania 6.68 0.56 0.15 — Mozambique 89.52 17.6 — — Myanmar 23.07 — — — Nicaragua 1.04 0.96 — — Niger 10.8 1.73 — — Principe and Sao Tome 0 — — — Rwanda 0.1 — — — Senegal 1.49 1.94 — — Sierra Leone 3.46 0.13 0.10 — Somali Republic 15.66 — 12.27 — Sudan 127.12 — 207.50 — Tanzania 117.05 90.4 — — Togo 13.53 3.37 0.52 — Uganda 5.69 18.01 — — Vietnam 10.38 10.39 — 43.96 Yemen 3.25 6.25 — — Zambia 195.31 68.8 — — Total 1,177.41 371.94 351.76 293.15