§ Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total level of European Economic Community expenditure for each of the latest three years; and what proportion in each case is spent on (a) central administration, (b) administration of individual programmes and (c) overall administration.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1982, c. 173]: Total provision in the budget of the European Communities for the years in question was:
million ecus £ million 1979 14, 447 9, 333 1980 16, 182 9, 667 1981 18, 437 10, 186 The proportion of the total provision allocated to administration was:
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Percent. 1979 1980 1981 Administration of which: 5.95 5.76 5.52 Commission (staff pay) 2.63 2.43 2.29 Commission (other) 1.39 1.35 1.32 European Parliament 0.99 1.10 1.08 Council of Ministers 0.71 0.67 0.61
Percent. 1979 1980 1981 Court of Justice 0.14 0.13 0.14 Court of Auditors 0.09 0.08 0.08 I regret that information on the cost of administering individual programmes is not available.