European Community (Grants and Loans) (Hansard, 2 July 1976)

§ Mr. Hurd

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the latest available figures for the total sums received in grants and loans by the United Kingdom from EEC funds and institutions since 1st January 1973, and the total sums contributed by the United Kingdom to the funds and institutions during the

CONTRIBUTIONS
£ million
				Community budget^*	ECSC production levy	EIB Capital contributions
1973	…	…	…	181.1	6.0	23.0
1974	…	…	…	180.5	6.8	23.0
1975	…	…	…	341.7	8.3	11.5
1976 (1st quarter)	…	…	…	92.5	3.6	—
Total	…	…	…	795.8	24.7	57.5
^* The United Kingdom contributes to the Community budget as a whole and not separately to individual funds.

RECEIPTS FROM THE COMMUNITY BUDGET
				European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)	Regional Development Fund	European Social Fund	Other receipts	Total receipts from the Community Budget
1973	…	…	…	63.3	—	—	15.4	78.7
1974	…	…	…	111.8	—	16.1	22.0	149.9
1975	…	…	…	342.1	0.3	19.3	36.0	397.7
1976 (1st quarter)	…	…	…	49.1	9.0	0.2	9.6	67.9
				566.3	9.3	35.6	83.0	694.2

Receipts from European Investment Bank. —The European Investment Bank has to date lent a total of £387.1 million for projects in the United Kingdom; of which £32.9 million

RECEIPTS FROM EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
Grants received by the United Kingdom from the ECSC are as follows:
				Research (Article 55)	Readaptation (Article 56)
				Coal	Steel^*	Coal	Steel	Total
1973	…	…	…	—	0.5	—	—	0.5
1974	…	…	…	1.2	0.6	—	0.3	2.1
1975	…	…	…	1.0	0.9	4.3	0.8	7.0
1976 to date	…	…	…	1.5	—	—	—	1.5
Total	…	…	…	3.7	2.0	4.3	1.1	11.1

Loans received by the United Kingdom from the ECSC are as follows:
						Coal	Steel	Total
1974	…	…	…	—	—	17.9	44.7	62.6
1975	…	…	…	—	—	71.1	109.9	181.0
1976 to date	…	…	…	—	—	32.3	289.9	322.2
Total	…	…	…			121.3	444.5	565.8
^* The figures for steel for both grants and loans are the United Kingdom's allocations. The amounts actually received are not available as payments are made direct to individual recipients.

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same period, setting out separately total receipts from the Agricultural Fund, the Regional Fund, the Social Fund, the European Investment Bank and the European Coal and Steel Community.