Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of emergency loans provided to UK citizens stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 pandemic have been repaid in full within the 6 month timeframe given as a condition of receiving such loans.

Of the emergency loans provided as a result of Covid-19, 38% have been repaid with a further 18% entering into repayment agreements. Around 1600 of these loans were issued within the past six months.