HC Deb 10 February 1995 vol 254 cc459-61W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list(a) the total sums paid to each EU member state from EU sources, (b) the total sums paid to the EC by each member state, (c) the gross national

Table 1: Payments made to the Member States of the European Community (million european currency units)
B DK D GR E F IRL I L NL P UK Misc. EC12
1984 840.1 1,020.1 4,019.3 1,364.0 — 4,342.5 1,210.4 4,962.4 11.2 2,122.6 — 4,092.5 13.1 23,998.2
1985 1,070.0 912.5 4,185.0 1,702.8 — 5,416.4 1,548.7 4,480.3 8.5 2,231.9 — 3,107.4 39.9 24,703.4
1986 1,164.2 1,211.8 4,988.4 1,905.1 2,415.5 6,323.6 1,573.9 4,523.3 6.5 2,449.5 497.8 3,386.8 43.2 30,812.0
1987 985.4 1,144.2 4,541.8 1,876.9 1,984.8 6,744.3 1,438.0 5,256.2 12.0 2,890.2 731.4 3,121.5 85.3 30,812.0
1988 838.5 1,286.2 5,427.7 1,921.5 4,012.3 7,314.6 1,487.5 5,551.0 14.2 3,945.6 914.8 3,253.9 161.3 36,129.1
1989 683.3 1,045.3 4,579.8 2,564.5 3,544.4 5,676.5 1,711.7 6,177.1 8.2 3,829.9 945.5 3,214.3 72.4 35,659.7
1990 989.8 1,197.6 4,807.1 3,033.8 5,382.7 6,284.6 2,260.7 5,681.0 14.5 2,983.6 1,103.2 3,147.4 391.4 37,277.5
1991 2,634.0 1,379.8 6,597.4 3,688.5 6,874.8 8,152.5 2,809.7 7,311.2 268.5 2,999.8 2,228.2 4,069.5 4,782.7 53,796.6
1992 2,404.6 1,311.4 7,299.9 4,332.6 7,567.6 9,049.8 2,602.4 7,775.6 287.5 2,705.0 2,978.0 4,314.6 5,944.4 58,573.2
1993 2,454.5 1,583.4 7,246.1 5,147.9 8,263.0 10,525.9 2,939.3 8,739.6 356.6 2,704.0 3,418.0 4,500.8 6,328.6 64,207.6

Source:

Court of Auditors Reports.

Notes:

1. Miscellaneous expenditure by the European Commission covers payments not made to the Member States; the principal item being expenditure on aid to third countries.

2. With effect from 1988 payments to the Member States no longer included 10 per cent. collection costs in respect of Member States contributions of sugar and agricultural levies and customs duties. As from 1988 Member States retained 10 pc r cent. of their levies and duties contributions before making these contributions available to the community. After 1987, therefore, collection costs ceased to be accounted as payments to the community and were deducted, at source, from Member States resource payments.

3. Totals may not add up to the sum of the columns due to rounding.

Table 2: Actual own resources by Member State 1984–93 (million european currency units)
B DK D GR E F IRL I L NL P UK EC12
1984 1,283.3 532.9 7,052.4 355.8 — 4,802.3 286.3 3,443.4 51.3 1,687.8 — 5,429.5 24,880.0
1985 1,292.6 620.4 7,504.3 388.0 — 5,319.2 296.4 3,629.5 50.7 1,889.4 — 5,090.3 26,080.8
1986 1,448.1 790.7 8,730.2 632.4 2,320.6 6,885.1 343.8 4,718.2 65.8 2,232.0 278.6 4,825.2 33,270.7
1987 1,702.6 844.7 9,384.6 340.4 1,708.7 7,330.0 337.5 5,191.6 73.5 2,366.2 341.8 5,727.5 35,349.1
1988 1,833.5 955.6 11,534.9 429.9 2,678.1 9,095.5 328.2 5,426.8 81.6 2,795.6 399.9 5,323.9 40,883.3
1989 1,807.2 871.1 11,110.4 566.3 3,575.1 8,622.8 370.9 7,605.9 72.8 2,700.5 458.3 6,568.1 44,329.3
1990 1,763.7 775.1 10,357.5 563.6 3,671.4 8,089.5 368.2 6,097.7 74.5 2,615.2 502.4 6,534.3 41,413.1
1991 2,217.4 1,033.5 15,394.2 762.1 4,580.2 10,602.0 452.4 8,699.8 108.8 3,537.7 712.0 4,736.4 52,836.5
1992 2,239.1 1,034.8 16,997.5 728.6 4,828.0 10,493.4 462.3 8,279.9 123.5 3,534.0 838.1 6,702.4 56,261.7
1993 2,394.9 1,206.5 19,076.4 1,011.2 5,172.6 11,545.5 567.4 10,265.0 167.0 4,030.6 909.6 7,626.6 63,973.3

Source:

Court of Auditors Reports.

Notes:

1. Figures for own resources are after account is taken of the UK's abatement and the bringing to account of surpluses and deficits in respect of Member States contributions in earlier years.

2. With effect from 1988, inclusive, Member States contributions exclude 10 per cent. collection costs in respect of their contributions of sugar and agricultural levies and customs duties—which they deduct from their contributions for levies and duties before making their contributions available to the community. Prior to 1988 Member States' made their sugar and agricultural levies and customs duties contributions available in full to the community. The 10 per cent. collection costs were paid from the expenditure side of the budget to Member States and thus scored as receipts from the community.

3. The revenue available to the community also includes relatively small amounts of miscellaneous revenue derived from such sources as the sale of publications, disposal of property etc.

4. Totals may not add up to the sum of the columns due to rounding.

Table 3: Gross national product of the Member States of the European Community (million european currency units)
B DK D1 GR E F IRL I L NL P UK
1984 96.319 66.461 787.852 51.607 198.49 631.349 20.548 521.960 5.950 160.898 26.125 552.578
1985 103.965 73.440 824.006 51.908 215.772 687.925 22.350 556.083 6.709 169.255 29.235 606.258
1986 112.657 80.523 909.740 47.457 233.002 743.069 24.100 610.859 7.395 182.016 33.084 572.721
1987 119.948 85.278 966.890 47.586 252.052 768.449 24.454 653.693 7.574 188.067 35.399 597.804
1988 126.975 88.577 1,016.200 53.692 288.065 813.402 25.778 705.305 8.164 194.450 39.887 703.563
1989 138.263 91.484 1,086.440 59.979 342.47 875.544 28.527 783.177 9.205 207.257 46.382 758.885

product of each state and (d) the percentage of gross national product of each state derived from sums paid to it from EU funds in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

[holding answer 26 January 1995]The information in respect of items(a) to (c) for the years 1984 to 1993 is set out in tables 1 to 3. Table 4 sets out the annual amount of Community payments member states received as a percentage of their gross national product.

Table 3: Gross national product of the Member States of the European Community (million european currency units)
B DK D1 GR E F IRL I L NL P UK
1990 149.818 97.349 1,193.210 63.946 384.279 936.382 31.209 851.785 10.396 223.737 52.449 759.778
1991 159.084 100.219 1,405.330 69.891 423.034 964.52 32.9820 919.158 11.190 234.222 62.552 807.505
1992 169.757 105.061 1,531.000 73.374 439.91 1,012.900 35.088 926.856 11.896 246.543 73.888 804.914
1993 180.827 111.583 1,630.670 76.945 404.057 1,060.510 35.706 833.394 12.486 263.809 72.238 803.813

Source:

Eurostat.

Note:

1Includes East Germany from 1991 onwards.

Table 4: Payments made to Member States as a percentage of GNP
B DK D1 GR E F IRL I L NL P UK
1984 0.87 0.53 0.51 2.64 0.00 0.69 5.89 0.95 0.19 1.32 0.00 0.74
1985 1.03 1.24 0.51 3.28 0.00 0.79 6.93 0.81 0.13 1.32 0.00 0.51
1986 1.03 1.50 0.55 4.01 1.04 0.85 6.53 0.74 0.09 1.35 1.50 0.59
1987 0.82 1.34 0.47 3.94 0 79 0.88 5.88 0.80 0.16 0.54 2.07 0.52
1988 0.66 1.45 0.53 3.58 1.39 0.90 5.77 0.79 0.17 2.03 2.29 0.46
1989 0.49 1.14 0.42 4.28 1.03 0.65 6.00 0.79 0.09 0.85 2.04 0.42
1990 0.66 1.23 0.40 4.74 1.40 0.67 7.24 0.67 0.14 1.33 2.10 0.41
1991 1.66 1.38 0.47 5.28 1.63 0.85 8.52 0.80 2.40 1.28 3.56 0.50
1992 1.42 1.25 0.48 5.90 1.72 0.89 7.42 0.84 2.42 1.10 4.03 0.54
1993 1.36 1.42 0.44 6.69 2.05 0.99 8.23 1.05 2.86 1.02 4.73 0.56

Note:

1Includes East Germany from 1991 onwards.

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