§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1972 the appropriation for the European Economic Community budget and the amount of any supplementary budgets for (a) agriculture, (b) other purposes and (c) the amount actually spent; and if he will provide the estimate for the current year and the forecast for 1987.
§ Mr. Brooke[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1986]: Details of the appropriations for the European Economic Community budgets since 1972 are given in the official journal of the European Communities, "Annual Report by the Court of Auditors". The copies covering the period 1973 to 1984 are in the Library of the House. The figures for the 1985 and 1986 budgets are as follows, along with the amounts likely to be proposed by the Commission in the draft supplementary budget for this year. Details of the amount actually spent in 1985 have not yet been published by the Commission. The preliminary draft budget for 1987 has not yet been submitted to the Council.
Community expenditure in 1985 and 1986 mecu Agriculture Other expenditure 1985 19,955 8,478 1986* 21,012 11,674 1986† 915 895 Source: Official Journal of the European Communities—general budgets for 1985 and 1986.
* 1986 main budget. Excludes the elements added by the European Parliament to the Council's second reading budget.
† 1986 draft supplementary budget. Details contained in Commission press release of 30 April.