HC Deb 20 January 1981 vol 997 c119W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contribution is made by Her Majesty's Government to the pensions of former European Economic Community Commissioners.

Mr. Lawson

The 1981 Community budget includes 978,000 meua—about £615,000 at the rate of exchange of £1=1.5889 eua used for 1981 Community budget estimates—for retirement and invalidity pensions of Commissioners. The United Kingdom contributes to the budget as a whole and not to individual budget items; in 1981 the United Kingdom's gross contribution is expected to be about 21 per cent. of total contributions.