HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 cc180-1W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish his latest estimate of the amount of the net United Kingdom contribution to the EEC budget and the actual figures for 1988.

Mr. Ryder

The Government's latest estimate of the United Kingdom's net contribution to the European Community budget was published in the "Statement on the 1989 Community Budget" (Cm. 680, April 1989). The estimated outturn figure for 1988 was £1,362 million. A revised estimate of the United Kingdom's net payments to European Community institutions for the financial years 1989–90 to 1992–93 will be published in the forthcoming Autumn Statement.