Nazia Rashid
Information Officer
2 Exchange Tower
Harbour Exchange Square
London,E14 9GS
Telephone: 020 7512 7101
Fax: 020 7512 7271
Lisa Evans
Email: [ECGD request email]
request-32088-
[email address]
15 April 2010
Dear Ms Evans,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
2000: FOI(10)06
I refer to your request dated 6 April 2010 for information as per below:
‘’In the Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) published on the HM
Treasury website:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/cra_2009_db.csv
there are lines of spending for the Export Credits Guarantee
Department with the Program Object Group Aliases (POGA) of:
"P28 S040518 ECGD"
"P28 S040513 GEFCO - expenditure on loan re-financing"
"P28 S040505 Fixed rate export finance"
Could you please describe in more detail what these items of
spending refer to?’’
Your request for information has been considered under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (‘’FOIA’’).
Please find below the information requested:
P28 S040518 ECGD - This heading refers to the Departmental Expenditure Limit
(DEL) for ECGD. It represents the total administration costs of the Department. DEL
excludes any income which the Department earns.
P28 S040513 GEFCO - expenditure on loan re-financing - Details of GEFCO can
be found on page 108 of the Departments Annual Review and Resource Accounts
2008-09 available on ECGD’s website. The heading quoted refers to the costs of
refinancing through GEFCO and may exclude the income from the same source.
P28 S040505 Fixed rate export finance (FREF) - This represents the cost to ECGD
of providing FREF on behalf of export customers including arrangements for capital
market funding of these loans and of interest rate swap arrangements. The heading
may represent the cost of providing FREF without showing the income.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. You should quote the
reference number above in any future communications.
You may appeal against ECGD’s decision-making in respect of this request by
asking for an internal review to be carried out. If you wish to request an internal
review you should write to Steve Roberts-Mee, Senior Information Officer, ECGD, 2
Exchange Tower, Harbour Exchange Square, London E14 9GS, or email
[ECGD request email].
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, assuming you request
one, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and
wish to make a complaint you should write to Steve Roberts-Mee at the above
address.
Yours sincerely,
Nazia Rashid
Information Officer
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