§ Mr. Shoreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the gross and net contributions in million units of account to the 1973 budget of the EEC of each of the nine member countries; and what are the estimates for 1974.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanEstimates of the United Kingdom's gross and net contribution to the Communities' budget in 1973 and 1974 were published in the White Paper "Public Expenditure to 1977–78" (Cmnd 5519). Figures for the net contributions of other member States are not available. The amounts of the 1973 and 1974 budgets and the approximate gross percentage contributions of the nine member states are as follows:—
1973 (including supplementary budgets) 1974 Total budget (million units of account) 5,134 5,079 Gross contributions (per cent.)*: Belgium 7.3 7.0 Denmark 1.1 1.4 France 24.7 24.3 Germany 29.0 28.5 Ireland 0.3 0.3 Italy 19.2 18.2 Luxembourg 0.2 0.2 Netherlands 9.4 9.0 United Kingdom 8.8 110 * Excluding certain items in the budget financed according to special scales.