§ Lord Shore of Stepneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Prime Minister's statement in the House of Commons on 11 December 2000 (HC Deb, col. 349) that the United Kingdom's net contribution to the European Community would be roughly equivalent to that of France and Italy, what is the estimated United Kingdom annual net contribution as a percentage of total European Community's own resources in each year during the period 2001 to 2006; and what has been the comparable United Kingdom net contribution as a percentage of the European Community's total own resources income during each year in the period 1980 to 2000. [HL887]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyGovernment estimates of the United Kingdom's net contribution as a percentage of total EC own resources for the period 2001 to 2006 are set out below:
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- 2001: 5.08%
- 2002: 4.46%
- 2003: 5.25%
- 2004: 6.31%
- 2005: 5.27%
- 2006: 5.67%
The United Kingdom's net contributions as a percentage of total EC own resources for the period 1980 to 2000 were as follows:
- 1980: 8.94%
- 1981: 4.17%
- 1982: 5.45%
- 1983: 4.35%
- 1984: 5.37%
- 1985: 7.60%
- 1986: 4.32%
- 1987: 7.37%
- 1988: 5.06%
- 1989: 7:57%
- 1990: 8.18%
- 1991: 1.26%
- 1992: 4.24%
- 1993: 4.89%
- 1994: 1.81%
- 1995: 6.96%
- 1996: 3.20%
- 1997: 2.44%
- 1998: 6.88%
- 1999: 6.41%
- 2000: 7.62%