§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for each year since 1973 what were(a) the overall payments by the Treasury to the European Economic Community, (b) the overall payment made by the European Economic Community to Britain in refunds and all other payments, (c) the total payments and refunds made to the Treasury and (d) the net cost to the Treasury.
§ Mr. MaudeThe information requested concerning public sector contributions and receipts to and from the Community budget for 1973–1989 is set out in the following table. The Commission does not provide member states with details of payments made directly to the private sector. The overall payment made by the EC to the UK is therefore not available.
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£ million Year Gross payments to the EC Public sector receipts other than refunds and abatements Negotiated refunds VAT abatements Net contribution after refunds and abatements1 1973 181 79 — — 102 1974 179 150 — — 29 1975 342 398 — — -56 1976 463 296 — — 167 1977 737 368 — — 369 1978 1,348 526 — — 822 1979 1,606 659 — — 947 1980 1,767 963 98 — 706 1981 2,174 1,084 693 — 397 1982 2,863 1,238 1,019 — 606 1983 2,976 1,522 807 — 647 1984 3,204 2,020 528 — 656 1985 3,940 1,905 61 166 1,808 1986 4,493 2,220 — 1,701 572 1987 5,202 2,328 — 1,153 1,721 1988 5,138 2,182 — 1,594 1,362 1989 5,585 2,116 — 1,154 2,315 1 Because of rounding the total with not necessarily equal the sum of the individual items. The information for 1990 is due to be published in April in the Statement on the 1991 Community Budget.