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Freedom of Information Act 2000, request no.
F2007/018
Date of release: 16 March 2007
Outstanding bilateral debt owed to DFID
Request: information about UK bilateral debt owed by Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho.
Outstanding Bilateral Debt (excluding any ECGD Debt) owed to the UK is as follows:
(£,000) |
DFID Aid Loans |
World Bank Loans with DFID as a co-Creditor |
CDC Loans |
Total |
Indonesia |
0 |
553 |
16,622 |
17,175 |
Kenya |
0 |
1,450 |
292 |
1,742 |
Tanzania |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Lesotho |
0 |
217 |
0 |
217 |
DFID Aid Loans
There is no debt currently owned in the form of DFID aid loans by Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho.
World Bank Loans with DFID as a Creditor
These World Bank loans, the bulk of which were to Low Income Countries, were originally funded by the UK and other then EEC creditors in the 1970s. Although they are administered by the World Bank, these loans were classified as bilateral loans in 2005. The UK would wish to grant relief on these loans. However, it is only possible to give such debt relief if all eight creditors agree to do so. Debts held by Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) are cancelled in full when they reach HIPC Completion Point, with any payments made to the UK since 2000 returned to them. We are in the process of negotiating debt relief on loans to Decision Point HIPCs (again, any payment to the UK since 2000 will be returned to the country). The UK is not currently able to provide debt relief on our share of the loans to non-HIPC Low Income Countries because we have not been able to secure the agreement of the other creditors. We are continuing discussions and hope to be able to offer debt relief on these loans soon.
CDC Loans
No debt is owed directly by any government to CDC Group plc, which only lends to commercial organisations. However, some loans by CDC to parastatal and quasi-governmental organisations were guaranteed by their governments, and details of these loans are recorded in the attached table.