§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will bring up to date the information in his reply dated 28 July 1988,Official Report, columns 497–98, concerning the United Kingdom net contribution to the European Community budget; and if he will add forecasts for 1989, 1990 and 1991, drawing attention to any differences between these figures, and those used for the estimates in table 21.2.2 of Cm 21.
§ Mr. Brooke[holding answer 18 April 1989]: The updated figures are set out in the table. An estimate of the 169W United Kingdom's net contribution in 1989 will be contained in the statement on the 1989 Community
£ million Year Net contribution before refunds or VAT abatements (cash) Negotiated-refunds VAT abatements Net contribution after refunds and abatements (cash)1 Net contribution after refunds and abatements at constant 1988 prices2 1975 -56 — — -56 -180 1976 167 — — 167 467 1977 369 — — 369 908 1978 822 — — 822 1,813 1979 947 — — 947 1,828 1980 804 98 — 706 1,138 1981 1,090 693 — 397 574 1982 1,625 1,019 — 606 815 1983 1,454 807 — 647 827 1984 1,184 528 — 656 802 1985 2,035 61 166 1,808 2,090 1986 2,273 — 1,701 572 639 1987 2,866 — 1,153 1,713 1,827 1988 2,956 — 1,594 1,362 1,362 1 United Kingdom figures show payments to the Community budget on a cash flow basis. Budget refunds and abatements are credited to the year they are paid. 2 Constant prices have been constructed using the GDP deflator at market prices.