§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage total European Economic Community expenditure has increased in each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[pursuant to his reply, 29 January 1985, c. 160]: Information prior to 1973 is not readily available.
The remainder of the information requested is set out in the table. The budget figures to which the percentages relate were established in units of account (ua) before 1978; from 1978 until 1980 they were established in European units of account (eua). Since these two units were calculated on different bases they are not directly comparable, except in the case of the European development fund for which it was agreed that a conversion rate of 1ua = 1eua would be adopted. Community budgets from 1981 have been established in European currency units (ecu), with the agreement that 1ecu = 1eua for the years 1981 and 1982.
Percentage increase over previous year of 1 per cent Year Per cent. 1974 2 1975 20 1976 35 1977 13 1978 29 1979 17 1980 12 1981 14 1982 19 1983 -1 1984 19 Final figures for 1985 are not yet available.
Source: Figures derived from the reports of the European Court of Auditors'.