To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development from which departmental budget the money provided to ECGD by the Department for debt relief comes. [115101]
While DFID is implementing the Governments 100 per cent. bilateral debt relief policy, the cost of financing this policy is being met by HM Treasury. At the time of the Chancellors announcement in December 1999, he made it clear that the money paid to ECGD for the countries qualifying for HIPC debt relief would be additional to the international development budget.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development if he will list the payments made by the Department to the ECGD for debt relief, and the dates on which they were made; and if he will list the payments made by the Treasury to his Department in order to cover this debt relief, and the dates on which such payments were made. [115103]
To date, DFID has paid £42,359,392 to ECGD in respect of claims made under the Governments 100 per cent. bilateral debt relief policy. I attach a list of payments, including the dates they fell due, to ECGD. Of this amount, HM Treasury transferred £37,004,492 to DFID in the Spring Supplementary Estimates for 2001–02 (covering payments in 2000–01 and 2001–02) and 2002–03. DFID also received £6.5 million for 2002–03 and a further £6.5 million for 2003–04 in the Spending Review 2002 (SR2000). Any additional costs for the current financial year will be reclaimed in the Spring Supplementary Estimates for 2003–04.
| 100 per cent. bilateral debt relief policy: payments to ECGD | |
| £ | |
| Countries/Date Payments Due | Amount paid |
| Benin | |
| 24 October 2000 | 28,402.78 |
| 24 April 2001 | 27,238.73 |
| 24 October 2001 | 23,584.45 |
| 24 April 2002 | 19,672.42 |
| 24 October 2002 | 19,780.51 |
| Bolivia | |
| 30 June 2000 and 1 July 2000 | 406,101.20 |
| 15 August 2000 | 2,232.31 |
| 31 December 2000 and 1 January 2001 | 463,529.11 |
| 30 June 2001 | 409,427.62 |
| Cameroon | |
| 31 December 2000 | 232,214.16 |
| 30 June 2001 | 299,238.01 |
| 31 December 2001 | 63,663.06 |
| 30 June 2002 | 54,104.34 |
| 31 December 2002 | 63,879.35 |
| Chad | |
| August 2001 | 157,796.56 |
| Ethiopia | |
| 30 June 2002 | 25,001.34 |
| 30 September 2002 | 7,784.56 |
| 31 March 2003 | 5,944.70 |
| Ghana | |
| 22 January 2003 | 124,516.62 |
| Guinea | |
| 31 December 2001 | 12,305.85 |
| 30 June 2002 | 6,275.50 |
| 31 December 2002 | 7,765.07 |
| Guyana | |
| 23 December 2000 | 2,458,122.98 |
| 23 May 2001 | 1,227,938.39 |
| Malawi | |
| August 2001 | 3,648,338.03 |
| February 2003 | 758.99 |
| Mali | |
| 20 November 2000 | 53,792.10 |
| 20 May 2001 | 50,094.71 |
| 20 November 2001 | 44,478.62 |
| 20 May 2002 | 14,619.07 |
| 29 January 2003 | 18,203.72 |
| 08 April 2003 | 4,051.16 |
| Mauritania | |
| 31 December 2000 | 5,128.92 |
| 30 June 2001 | 4,014.71 |
| 31 December 2001 | 4,520.37 |
| 30 June 2002 | 4,117.83 |
| Mozambique | |
| 13 February 2003 | 6,998,632.39 |
| Niger | |
| 30 June 2002 | 95,042.56 |
| 31 December 2002 | 31,105.97 |
| 100 per cent. bilateral debt relief policy: payments to ECGD | |
| £ | |
| Countries/Date Payments Due | Amount paid |
| Senegal | |
| 17 December 2000 | 11,380.38 |
| 15,17,30 June 2001 | 15,803.01 |
| 01 June 2001 | 144,902.70 |
| 23 August 2001 | 17,342.23 |
| 15,17,31 December 2001 | 15,139.39 |
| 15,17,30 June 2002 | 12,793.22 |
| Tanzania | |
| 01 June 2001 | 237,236.29 |
| 14 August 2001 | 879.82 |
| 01 December 2001 | 148,505.12 |
| 01 June 2002 | 97,653.28 |
| 01 December 2002 | 120,565.18 |
| February 2003 | 18,419,160.39 |
| Uganda | |
| 1 April 2000 | 187,973.06 |
| 1 September 2000 | 176,886.96 |
| Yemen | |
| 1 August 2001 | 94,524.86 |
| September 2001 | 662.32 |
| 1 February 2002 | 90,503.53 |
| 1 August 2002 | 71,609.74 |
| August 2002 | 3,092,538.47 |
| Zambia | |
| August 2001 | 1,718,589.93 |
| November 2002 and February 2003 | 561,323.53 |
| Total amount paid to ECGD | 42,359,392.18 |
Note:
Payments are made as near as possible to the dates they are due.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development by what amount the Departments budget has changed in the last three years in order to pay the ECGD for debt relief to highly indebted poor countries; and if he will make a statement. [115105]
The budget for the Department for International Development has been increased by £43.5 million over the last three financial years (2000–01 to 2002–03) to finance the 100 per cent. bilateral debt relief policy. To date, DFID has paid some £42.4 million to ECGD in respect of claims under this policy.