PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Defence: Export Credit Guarantees (22 October 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) premium income (b) claims paid and (c) monies at risk of UK Export Finance were relating to the defence sector for the financial years (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017-18.

Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)

The premium income for defence transactions is presented in the table below.

Financial Year	Gross Premium GBP	Net Premium GBP
2015/16	89,865.80	89,865.80
2016/17	64,818,167.46	46,858,612.39
2017/18	4,823,315.65	4,823,315.65

No claims were paid relating to defence sector contracts during this period.

The monies at risk for defence transactions are presented in the table below.

FY	Net Amount at Risk £m
2015-16	1,219.3
2016-17	2,749.8
2017-18	2,537.6

Where such information is not commercially sensitive, UKEF publishes details of the companies it has supported on an annual basis in its Annual Report and Accounts which are presented to Parliament and can be found on UKEF’s website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts

Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
25 October 2018