HC Deb 04 June 1981 vol 5 cc398-9W
32. Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is now the total amount paid by the United Kingdom to the EEC since 1973; and what has been the total amount received in grants and subsidies.

Mr. Lawson

The United Kingdom gross payment to the EEC between 1 January 1973 and 31 March 1981 amounted to £7,260 million. Receipts from the EEC between 1 January 1973 and 31 March 1981 amounted to £4,461 million. The figures for receipts include £336.5 million paid in the first quarter of this year under the supplementary measures scheme and £210.5 million paid in January 1981 under the financial mechanism.