§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing for each year since 1972 396W (a) net payments to the European Community budget excluding overseas aid, (b) receipts from the agricultural guarantee and guidance fund, (c) receipts from the social fund and (d) receipts from the regional development funds.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1985; c. 61]: The information available is set out in the table. The United Kingdom did not start to pay contributions to the Community Budget until 1973; the final outturn figures for 1984 are not yet available. Details of the United Kingdom's attributed share of overseas aid contributions are not available by calendar year and the net contributions figures given in the table therefore include this expenditure.
Net Contribution (including overseas aid) EAGGF Receipts Social Fund Receipts £ million Regional Development Funds Receipts 1973 102 63 — — 1974 29 112 16 — 1975 *-56 342 19 1 1976 167 207 11 29 1977 369 180 49 60 1978 822 329 62 35 1979 947 371 87 71 1980 706 550 95 173 1981 397 683 107 145 1982 606 791 152 111 1983 647 1,082 128 139 * Negative sign denotes a net receipt.