Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 29 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 May 2002. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 May 2002 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value was of payments made by the United Kingdom towards the HIPC Trust Fund to contribute towards multilateral debt relief for (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. - Inc figures.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the value was of payments made by the United Kingdom towards the HIPC Trust Fund to contribute towards multilateral debt relief for (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. [53786] Clare Short: The total UK pledge to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative Trust Fund, which is funded by the Department for International Development, is US$306 million, including our US$85 million share of the EC contribution. In 2000-01, DFID paid US$40 million to the HIPC Trust Fund, and in 2001-02 DFID paid US$33.7 million. The UK contribution is paid on an as-needed basis on request by the International Development Association (IDA), which is administering the Fund.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 53786; 385 c13W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Debts Developing countries Debts written off Heavily indebted poor countries initiative Payments
Contains statistics: Yes
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