European Community Budget (Hansard, 30 July 1982)

§ Sir Anthony Meyer

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of expenditure within the European Community Budget has been absorbed by each

Table I
per cent.
	Annual payments^* in each sector of the European Community budget 1972–1981 as a proportion of the total budget	Payment appropriations as a proportion of the total European
											Community bud get 1982–1983
	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	‡l982	1983
Administration	3.9	6.0	7.5	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.0	5.3	4.8	5.5
European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund
Guarantee Section†	89.0	79.3	72.6	75.2	73.6	70.9	77.5	72.6	69.4	61.4	58.7	64.5
Guidance Section	3.1	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.4	2.7	2.8	3.7	3.3	3.4	3.1
European Social Fund	1.2	1.2	5.3	2.1	3.5	3.6	2.4	4.1	4.5	4.2	5.3	5.8
European Regional Fund	—	—	—	1.4	3.8	4.3	2.1	3.6	4.5	4.5	7.6	6.4
Research, Investment, Energy etc.	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.8	2.3	2.4	3.1
Co-operation with developing countries	0.4	2.6	3.7	5.1	1.9	2.5	2.2	2.8	3.1	4.8	4.2	4.7
Repayment to member states for the cost of collecting own resources	3.8	5.9	6.3	5.5	6.5	7.6	5.5	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.1	5.4
Supplementary measures	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2	6.9	7.1	—
Other sectors	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.8	1.9	2.8	2.4	1.5
^* Annual payments-payments against appropriations of the financial year plus payments against carry-overs from the previous financial year
† Including Common Fish Policy 1983
‡ Including transfers approved up to 30 April 1982.

The following table shows the proportion of United Kingdom receipts from each of the main Community funds. It is only possible to provide this analysis, on a consistent basis, for the period 1976 to 1980.

Table II: United Kingdom receipts as a percentage of main funds
Per cent.
	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
EAGGF Guarantee	12.8	16.6	12.4	8.9	7.8
EAGGF Guidance	19.9	22.0	12.5	15.9	17.6
Social Fund	26.9	27.5	31.4	33.9	21.7
Regional Fund	31.8	31.8	23.1	32.3	32.1
Repayment to member states for the cost of collecting own resources	22.6	27.6	20.9	23.2	24.0

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major expenditure heading in every year since 1972; what are the equivalent figures in the case of the preliminary draft budget for 1983; and what proportion of spending under each heading came to the United Kingdom in each year.