Amount paid per year to repay Slavery Abolition Act loan (since 1883/1885)
To Her Majesty’s Treasury,
As widely reported, in 1833/35 [1] the UK government borrowed £20m, 40% of its national budget, to “recompense” slave owners for losing their “property” [2] - under the Slavery Abolition Act. On 9 February 2018, HM Treasury announced (via Twitter) that this loan had been paid in full. A related FOI request that HM Treasury responded to on 9 February 2018 sets the date of the loans 'consolidation' to be the 1 February 2015: "The 4% Consolidated Loan was redeemed on 1 February 2015" [3].
Under the Freedom of Information act, I request further details of this loan. Specifically, I request the annual amount paid per year since 1833/35.
I also request to total sum paid to repay the loan, including interest.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Taylor
London
1. From the documentation available, it's unclear whether the loan began in 1833 or 1835.
2. This was covered by a number of news organisations. Two examples from the Guardian follow:
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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