§ Mr. DoddsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid to the European Union to fund the operation of the(a) European Commission, (b) European Parliament and (c) European Council of Ministers in the last financial year. [124366]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe United Kingdom contributes to the EC budget as a whole and not to individual Community institutions. In 2002, the UK's gross contribution after abatement, as shown in Supplementary and Amending Budget No 3/2003 was 10.6 billion euro.