§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list in the Official Reportthe gross contribution in respect of value added tax of each member State of the EEC to the Community budget in each of the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 (estimated) all figures converted to sterling;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the gross contribution in respect of Custons duties of each member State of the EEC to the Community budget in each of the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979
GROSS CONTRIBUTIONS BY MEMBER STATES* £ million† Current prices Agricultural levies Customs duties VAT/GNP contributions 1978 1979 1978 1979 1978 1979 Belgium … … … … 137.2 155.5 196.3 207.5 159.2 214.7 Denmark … … … … 19.3 30.3 71.7 77.4 91.7 120.7 Germany … … … … 289.1 304.9 913.6 1,006.3 1,139.4 1,460.3 France … … … … 172.4 155.6 431.2 487.0 846.9 1,119.6 Ireland … … … … 5.8 9.6 31.0 35.8 21.4 27.1 Italy … … … … 367.9 266.8 266.1 313.3 465.0 487.9 Luxembourg … … … 0.1 0.1 2.3 2.5 6.3 9.7 Netherlands … … … 284.5 241.7 295.0 301.9 212.8 295.3 United Kingdom … … … 239.7 245.4 708.1 852.9 596.1 847.4 Total … … … 1,516.0 1,409.9 2,915.3 3,284.6 3,538.8 4,582.7 *Does not take account of adjustments under article 131 of the Treaty. † Converted to sterling at the average exchange rate for the year concerned.