§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the United Kingdom's net budget contribution to the European Community is attributable to the inclusion of the dairy sector in the common agricultural policy.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[pursuant to the reply, 1 November 1983, c. 309]: The United Kingdom contributes, via the own resources system, to the whole Community budget. The United Kingdom's financing share of the 1982 Community budget overall was some 23½ per cent., but it is not possible to hypothecate revenue to specific expenditure programmes. However, the dairy sector accounted for some 3,330 million ecus of the 1982 Community budget. Of this the United Kingdom received some 290 million ecus. Information on total agricultural levies paid by member states on trade in milk and milk products with third countries is not available. The United Kingdom's payments were, however, 70 million ecus.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the net contribution which the United Kingdom will require to make to the European Community in respect of the year 1983; and what were the comparable actual figures in respect of each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[pursuant to the reply, 1 November 1983, c. 309]: I refer my hon. Friend to the estimate of the United Kingdom's net payments in respect of 1983, excluding the effect of the supplementary and amending budget, published in the statement on the 1983 Community budget (Cmnd. 9030). Figures for the previous years are shown in the following table.
Net payments to the European Community Budget £ million 1973 102 1974 31 1975 -56 1976 167 1977 369 1978 822 1979 947 1980 706 1981 208 1982 616 A negative sign indicates a net receipt.
The figures for 1973 to 1980 are cash flow figures.
The figure for 1981 and 1982 are those shown in Cmnd. 9030, the Statement on the 1983 Community Budget.