§ Mr. Grocottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest estimate in £ sterling of the average cost per head in the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom contribution to the common agricultural policy.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe United Kingdom contributes to the EC budget as a whole, rather than to individual items of expenditure, at approximately 20 per cent. abated by the Fontainebleau mechanism.
The 1987 budget provides for expenditure of 24,174 mecu (£16,670 million) under the common agricultural policy. The forecast of United Kingdom receipts from the CAP in 1987–88 is £1,399 million.