Lord BRUCE of DONINGTONasked Her Majesty's Government:
What estimates have been made for the years 1976 and 1977, on the basis of the EEC's approved Budget for 1976 and the EEC Draft Budget for 1977 respectively, of the United Kingdom's likely receipts for each of the two years under the appropriate Budget titles.
§ Lord JACQUESOur latest estimates of contributions to, and receipts from the Community Budget for the years 1976 and 1977 are those published in the White PaperPublic Expenditure to 1979–80 (Cmnd. 6393). They are as follows:
£ million Gross Contribution Receipts Net Contribution 1976 470 305 165 1977 525 315 210 Because of the variation in amount and timing of receipts it is not practicable to provide a breakdown of the estimate into individual titles.
The actual receipts from the Community Budget for the first six months of 1976 by Budget titles are as follows:
£ million European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)—Guarantee Section 108.3 EAGGF—Guidance Section 6.1 Social Fund 7.3 Regional Development Fund 13.8 Own Resources Refund 19.8 Other Receipts 1.0 Total 156.3