§ Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out for each of the years 1971 to 1981 the cost of each of (a) the total European Community budget, (b) the European Commission (staff pay), (c) the European Commission (other), (d) the European Assembly and (e) the Council of Ministers, expressed as an absolute £ sterling amount, as an indexed amount with the basis 1971 = 100 and as a percentage of the total Community budget for the year to which it refers.
§ Mr. RidleyThe information requested is given in the following tables:
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Year Total budget Index 1971 = 100 1978 = 100† Mua*/Mecu £m 1971 3,908.8 1,628.7 100 1972 4,327.6 1,803.2 110.7 1973 5,134.5 2,139.4 131.4 1974 5,225.0 2,177.1 133.7 1975 6,268.3 2,611.8 160.4 1976 8,470.6 3,529.4 216.7 1977 9,584.3 3,993.5 245.2 1978 †l2,362.7 8,207.9 †100 1979 14,447.0 9,338.4 113.8 1980 16,182.5 9,684.9 118.0 1981 18,434.0 10,183.7 124.1
Mua*/Mecu £m Index Per cent of budget 1971 = 100 1978 = 100† Commission (Staff Pay) 1971 71.5 29.8 100 1.8 1972 87.7 36.5 122.5 2.0 1973 102.4 42.7 143.3 2.0 1974 139.1 58.0 194.6 2.7 1975 163.4 68.1 228.5 3.6 1976 203.2 84.7 284.2 2.4 1977 258.0 107.5 360.7 2.7 1978 354.0 235.0 †100 2.9 1979 379.7 245.4 104.4 2.6 1980 393.0 235.2 100.1 2.4 1981 422.6 233.5 99.4 2.3
Mua*/Mecu £m Index Per cent of. budget 1971 = 100 1978 = 100† Commission (other) 1971 33.2 14.0 100 0.85 1972 37.9 15.8 112.9 0.88 1973 63.5 26.5 189.3 1.24 1974 75.8 31.6 225.7 1.45 1975 89.0 37.1 265.0 1.42 1976 125.1 52.1 372.1 1.48 1977 147.4 61.4 438.6 1.54 1978 189.9 126.1 †100 1.54 1979 201.5 130.2 103.2 1.39 1980 217.9 130.4 103.4 1.35 1981 242.6 134.0 106.3 1.32
Mua*/Mecu £m Index Per cent of budget 1971 = 100 1978 = 100† European Parliament‡ 1971 11.6 4.8 100 0.30 1972 15.5 6.5 135.4 0.36 1973 25.2 10.5 218.8 0.49 1974 32.8 13.7 285.4 0.63 1975 41.1 17.1 356.2 0.65 1976 51.5 21.5 447.9 0.61 1977 67.5 28.1 585.4 0.70 1978 100.4 66.7 †100 0.81 1979 144.2 93.2 139.7 1.00 1980 177.4 106.2 159.2 1.10 1981 199.4 110.2 165.2 1.08
Mua*/Mecu £m Index Per cent of budget 1971 = 100 1978 = 100† Council of Ministers‡ 1971 17.4 7.2 100 0.44 1972 24.5 10.2 141.7 0.57 1973 33.3 13.9 193.1 0.65 1974 40.3 16.8 233.3 0.77 1975 49.9 20.8 288.9 0.80 1976 63.8 26.6 369.4 0.75 1977 71.8 29.9 415.3 0.75 1978 97.1 64.5 †100 0.79 1979 102.8 66.4 103.0 0.71 1980 108.6 65.0 100.8 0.67 1981 113.1 62.5 96.9 0.61 * The European unit of account (eua) was introduced in 1978, and replaced the unit of account (ua). The European currency unit (ecu) was introduced in 1981 and replaced the eua. The exchange rates used are, for 1971 to 1977, £1 = 2.4 ua, for 1978 £1 = 1.5062 eua, 1979 £ 1 = 1.5470 eua, 1980 £ 1 = 1.6709 eua, for 1981 £1 = 1.810145 ecu. † Because of the introduction of the eua the indices have been rebased from 1978. From that date the absolute levels of £ Sterling, the movement of indices and percentages reflect fluctuations in exchange rate as well as changes in budgetary provision. ‡ Excluding appropriations for the Audit Board which was replaced by the Court of Auditors in 1978.