§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the United Kingdom's value added tax share of the allocated European Economic Community Budget in 1986 and in 1987 and the corresponding receipt.
§ Mr. BrookeThe United Kingdom's VAT share of the 1986 allocated budget—that is what our VAT contributions would have been it all our contributions were in the form of VAT and we did not pay traditional own resources, but before allowing for VAT adjustments, the United Kingdom VAT abatement and contributions by other member states to our abatement—can be estimated, on the basis of Commission figures, at 6,199 mecu. The Commission has estimated our receipts from the allocated budget in 1986 at 3,724 mecu. The Community has not yet adopted a budget for 1987; estimates of our 1987 VAT share of the budget and our allocated receipts from it are not therefore available.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1980 the amount by which United Kingdom gross contribution to the European Economic Community budget exceeds receipts, excluding refunds and rebates, together with (i) the average amount of rebate or refund applicable to that year and (ii) the average amount of refund owed but not paid in respect of previous years.
§ Mr. BrookeThe figures requested are as follows: