§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (in terms of pounds sterling) for each member State of the EEC its overall contribution to the EEC Budget, its contribution to the EEC Budget on a per capita basis and its contribution to the EEC Budget on a per family basis.
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§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe following is the information:
Contribution (£ million) £ £ Per capita contribution Contribution per household Belgium … … … … 174 18 56 Germany … … … … 701 11 32 France … … … … 574 11 34 Italy … … … … 431 8 25 Luxembourg … … … … 4 11 39 Netherlands … … … … 222 16 56 Denmark … … … … 43 9 26 Ireland … … … … 11 4 16 United Kingdom … … … … 339 6 21 The figures for contributions in the table above are those in the 1975 Community Budget, including supplementary budgets so far adopted. The sums quoted in the Community Budget are expressed in units of account and have been converted into £s sterling at the budgetary rate of exchange of £1=2.4 ua. Estimates of contributions on a per family basis are not readily available for all member States, and would depend upon the chosen definition of a family; the figures in column 3 are calculated on the basis of the estimated number of private households in 1970.