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My first request under the British Freedom of Information Act:

To: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Borrowing guidelines for the Anguilla Government

Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

I should be grateful to know if you are aware that the Anguilla government has been borrowing upwards of EC$10 million a month from the local Social Security Fund to pay public service salaries since February 2010. The Fund holds approximately EC$160 million, and stands to be depleted in less than one and a half years.

I should also be grateful to know if such borrowing has been approved as being within the borrowing guidelines.

Finally, I should be grateful to receive a copy of any letter from the FCO to the Anguilla government approving such borrowing.

Yours faithfully,

Don Mitchell CBE QC

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/borrowing_guidelines_for_the_ang

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

29 June 2010

Dear Mr Mitchell

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 29 June 2010 and will aim to respond within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely

Katy Shaw

Information Rights Team

Information Management Group