§ Mr. Leightonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the amounts of the levies on food imports and duties on imports of manufactures which the United Kingdom paid into the European Economic Community budget in the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Ian StewartDetailed information is not collected on the specific totals for levies on food imports or manufactures. These form part of our own resources payments to the European Community budget.* However, agricultural, sugar and isoglucose levies and customs duties paid by the United Kingdom are set out in the table. Figures are not available for the period 1973–77 as, under the transitional arrangements, the United Kingdom did not pay the full amount of these own resources.
£ million Agricultural levies Sugar and isoglucose levies Customs Duties Total 1978 227 15 714 956 1979 230 17 868 1,115 1980 241 19 861 1,121 1981 192 26 861 1,079 1982 267 40 1,001 1,308 1983 188 43 1,075 1,306 1984† 96 32 584 712 * Import levies on food form part of our agricultural levies; levies on manufactures form part of our customs duties. † 1 January to 30 June.