§ Mr. Spearingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to give a substantive answer to written priority question 10 tabled by the hon. Member for Newham, South for answer on 28 June; and what figures requested in that question were not available to him on that date.
§ Mr. RidleyThe answer to the hon. Member's question was published inHansard today. I apologise for
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1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 •1983 PAYMENTS VAT own resources/GNP-based financial contributions* n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 596 544 741 1,095 1,554 352 Sugar and isoglucose levies† n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15 17 19 26 40 14 Agricultural levies† n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 227 229 241 192.2 267 48 Customs duties† n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 714 868 861 861 1,302 239 Article 131 compensation† — — — — — -204 -352 -95 — — — Total gross payments 181 181 342 463 737 1,348 1,606 1,767 2,174 2,863 653 RECEIPTS EAGGF║ 63 112 342 207 180 329 371 550 683 791 257 Regional development fund — — 1 29 60 35 71 173 145 111 20 Social fund — 16 19 11 49 62 87 95 107 152 42 Other receipts 16 22 36 49 80 100 130 145 149 184 38 Total receipts 79 150 399 296 369 526 659 963 1,084 1,238 357 Net payments before United Kingdom refunds¶ 102 31 •-56 167 369 822 947 804 1,090 1,625 296 the delay. The range of information is extensive and although available had to be assembled in the form requested.