§ Mr. Robert HicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will outline the basis of the additionality conditions as applied by the United Kingdom Government in the context of the terms of EC grants and payments as set out in Community legislation; and if he will list those Community countries that follow the same procedures as the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Leighholding answer 11 March 1991]: the government take into account expected levels of Community receipts when setting their expenditure programmes, which are thus higher than they would otherwise be. The detail of public expenditure planning systems varies from member state to member state within the Community.