§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for England and for Wales, respectively, the amount of European Economic Community aid in each of the past three years under main headings indicating what proportion was additional to funds provided from the Exchequer.
§ Mr. RidleyIt is not possible to give a complete breakdown of receipts from the European Community budget on a regional basis. Total United Kingdom receipts from the Community in each of the past three calendar years are shown in the following table. All of these receipts were financed from the Community budget and were thus additional to amounts provided from the Exchequer.
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£ million 1979 1980 1981 Social Fund 87 95 107 European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Funds (EAGGF) Guarantee Section 343 505 605 Guidance Section 42 64 63 Regional Development Fund 71 173 145 Own Resources Refunds 110 106 114 EMS Refunds 10 33 21 Supplementary Measures 0 98 693 Miscellaneous 10 6 14 Total Receipts 673 1,080 1,762 Most of the receipts from the various EC funds are for national programmes covering the United Kingdom as a whole. The following table shows a breakdown of those receipts from the social fund, regional development fund, supplementary measures and EAGGF guidance section which can be allocated between England and Wales.
1979 1980 1981 £ £ £ Social Fund England 45,525 725,250 1,778,961 Wales 60,000 127,709 286,300 Regional Development Fund England 50,108,481 66,532,864 64,723,850 Wales 13,620,140 21,952,414 23,703,185 Supplementary Measures England — 51,244,864 405,208,372 Wales — 46,395,816 70,598,946 EAGGF: Guidance section England 12,100,000 28,200,000 25,100,000 Wales 2,500,000 5,900,000 6,300,000