§ Sir Richard BodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will set out in tabular form the total net payments or total net receipts of each of the member states for the EEC budget since 1979.
§ Mr. BrookeI have been asked to reply. The information requested concerning the United Kingdom is set out in the table. Comparable figures for other member states are not available.
Net contribution to European Community budget Year £ million 1979 947 1980 706 1981 397 1982 606 1983 647 1984 656 1985 1,808 1986 572 1987 1,713 1988 1,362