§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the annual value is of export credit guarantees issued to(a) Qatar, (b) Bahrain, (c) the United Arab Emirates, and (d) Oman since 1995; how many guarantees were issued in each year; what percentage of guarantee value each year was in each export sector; and if she will list each project of more than £10 million supported by those guarantees. [77377]
980W
Year/market Value of guarantees issued (ECGD maximum liability) £million Number of issues Per cent, value civil Per cent, value civil aerospace Per cent, value defence Project description for guarantees over £10 million issued 1995 Bahrain 64,194,556 5 0 100 0 Civil airliners Oman 0 0 0 0 0 Qatar 1,949,647 2 0 0 100 UAE 594,000 1 100 0 0 1996 Bahrain 20,131,362 2 92.9 0 7.1 Civil airliners Oman 40,315,965 2 100 0 0 Electricity transmission equipment Qatar 228,625,795 5 97.6 0 2.4 LNG project UAE 89,460,804 2 8.9 91.1 0 Civil airliners 1997 Bahrain 1,282,500 1 100 0 0 Oman 373,805,127 3 99.76 0 0.24 Power plant Qatar 186,240,145 6 0 0 100 Armoured personnel carriers UAE 86,529,415 3 0 88.7 11.3 Civil airliners 1998 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 Oman 21,136,834 1 0 0 100 Tanks Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 UAE 99,696,601 6 7.7 92.3 0 Civil airliners 1999 Bahrain 117,104,123 6 0 100 0 Civil airliners Oman 220,745,142 4 4.6 0 95.4 Tanks, military radar, aircraft avionics, power plant Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 UAE 194,134,273 7 0 100 0 Civil airliners 2000 Bahrain 54,768,466 3 0.4 99.6 0 Civil airliners Oman 120,564,393 4 100 0 0 Power plant, LNG project Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 UAE 145,760,930 5 0 100 0 Civil airliners 2001 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 Oman 0 0 0 0 0 Qatar 17,479,948 2 0 100 0 UAE 54,099,675 3 50.4 49.6 0 Civil airliners, electricity transmission equipment 2002 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 Oman 57,001,885 1 0 0 100 Spares for armoured personnel carriers Qatar 37,945,292 3 0 100 0 Civil airliners UAE 0 0 0 0 0
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 28 October 2002]: The following table lists the ECGD maximum liability for all guarantees issued since 1995 for the specified markets. It also lists the number of such guarantees, the percentage of maximum liability under the civil, civil aerospace and defence sectors and a broad description of the projects for guarantees issued over £10 million.