HC Deb 17 October 1989 vol 158 cc92-3W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for 1988 and 1987 the amount each European Economic Community state received from the European Economic Community by way of support for agriculture, the percentage share of the total, and the amount paid into the European Economic Community as a percentage of own resources payments.

EC expenditure—EAGGF and own resources
£ million
1987 1988 1987 1988
Total EAGGF Percentage of EC total Total EAGGF Percentage of EC total Own resources Percentage of total Own resources
Belgium 606 3.5 501 2.6 1,225 4.8 n/a
Denmark 775 4.5 832 4.2 608 2.4 n/a
Germany 2,967 17.3 3,416 17.5 6,751 26–5 n/a
Greece 1,023 6.0 985 5.0 245 1.0 n/a
Spain 451 2.6 1,342 6.9 1,229 4.8 n/a
France 4,250 24.7 4,403 22.5 5,273 20–7 n/a
Ireland 754 4.4 789 4.0 243 1.0 n/a
Italy 2,919 17.0 3,086 15.8 3,734 14.7 n/a
Luxembourg 4 0.02 4 0.02 53 0.2 n/a
Netherlands 1,975 11.5 2,603 13.3 1,702 6.7 n/a
Portugal 127 0.7 175 0.9 246 1.0 n/a
United Kingdom 1,321 7.7 1,409 7.2 4,120 16.2 n/a
Total European Communities 17,175 19,556 35,349
n/a=Fingers not available

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