§ Mr. GillTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate for each member state of the EU(a) net and gross contributions to the EU Budget for the last year for which figures are available, including net receipts and (b) the break down of net and gross contributions by household and population. [97091]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson1997 is the latest year for which information about member states' contributions and receipts is available. The information requested, in respect of that year, is set out in the table. The amounts shown are in European Currency Units, the unit of account for the EC Budget.
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Contributions to and receipts from the EC budget in 1997 Gross contribution (mecu) Receipts (mecu) Net contribution/ receipt1 (mecu) Population (millions) Number of households (millions) Gross contribution per head (ecu) Gross contribution per household (ecu) Receipts per head (ecu) Receipts per household (ecu) Net contribution per head (ecu) Net contribution per household (ecu) Belgium 2,971.4 1,981.7 989.7 10.2 4.0 291.5 751.7 194.4 501.3 97.1 250.4 Denmark 1,505.8 1,529.8 124.0 5.2 2.3 287.0 662.2 291.6 672.7 14.6 110.6 Germany 21,217.3 9,989.2 11,228.1 82.1 35.2 258.4 602.0 121.7 283.4 136.8 318.6 Greece 1,178.4 5,372.4 14,194.0 10.5 3.2 111.9 367.8 510.2 1,676.8 1398.3 11,309.0 Spain 5,367.6 11,218.1 15,850.5 39.3 11.8 136.5 453.5 285.4 947.8 1148.8 1494.3 France 13,185.9 12,200.9 985.0 58.6 21.5 225.0 612.1 208.2 566.4 16.8 45.7 Ireland 687.0 3,310.6 12,623.6 3.6 1.0 191.7 667.6 923.7 3,217.3 1732.0 12,549.7 Italy 8,667.1 8,344.0 323.1 57.4 19.9 151.1 435.3 145.4 419.1 5.6 16.2 Luxembourg 170.7 106.1 64.6 0.4 0.1 415.3 1,177.2 258.2 731.7 157.2 445.5 Netherlands 4,837.6 2,488.9 2,348.7 15.5 6.2 311.4 785.1 160.2 403.9 151.2 381.2 Austria 2,110.4 1,317.6 792.8 8.1 3.0 260.5 700.4 162.7 437.3 97.9 263.1 Portugal 1,077.8 3,690.1 12,612.3 9.9 3.1 109.4 342.6 374.4 1,172.9 1265.0 1830.4 Finland 1,064.1 1,068.8 14.7 5.1 2.0 207.6 522.4 208.5 524.7 10.9 12.3 Sweden 2,326.0 1,099.2 1,226.8 8.9 3.8 260.8 607.3 123.2 287.0 137.5 320.3 UK 8,925.9 7,092.2 1,833.7 59.0 22.4 151.3 398.1 120.2 316.3 31.1 81.8 1Denotes net recipient Notes:
1. The Court of Auditors uses ecu figures, the unit of account for the EC Budget.
2. Gross contribution figures are after account has been taken of the UK's abatement (including corrections in respect of earlier years) and for adjustments to VAT and GNP-based contributions in respect of earlier years.
3. Receipts figures include European Commission payments made direct to the member state's private sector.
4. The Court of Auditors Report does not allocate all Community spending to the member states so that the receipts figures in the table may not represent the full amount of expenditure by the Commission in each member state. Consequently the figures for net contributions/net benefits in the table are likely only to be indicative of the amount of member states' net positions. For example, if all administrative expenditure were allocated to the country in which it is paid, the net position of Belgium and Luxembourg would be substantially improved.
Source:
Contributions and receipts data taken from Court of Auditors Report on 1997 Community Budget. Population data, relating to 1997, taken from the European Commission's document "European Economy". Information on number of households relates to 1991, the latest available, and is taken from the Eurostat yearbook 1997.