§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the payments of £1 million or over received from European Community funds, by expenditure programme, in each year since the United Kingdom's accession.
§ Sir John CopeThe Government receive several hundred individual payments from European Community 271W funds each year. A list of all payments of £1 million or more since 1973 could be produced only at disproportionate cost. Information about the United Kingdom's aggregated receipts is published each year in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments' annual report —prior to 1992–93 in "The Government Expenditure Plans"—and in the annual White Paper "Statement on the Community Budget".
§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the United Kingdom's(a) gross contributions to, (b) payments received from and (c) net contributions to the European Community for each year since United Kingdom accession in 1973.
§ Sir John CopeDetails of the United Kingdom's gross contribution, public sector receipts and net contribution by financial year are published in the "Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departmental Report". Prior to 1992–93 similar information was published in "The Government Expenditure Plans"; these documents contain information on a calendar year basis for earlier years. Information on the United Kingdom's contributions and receipts since 1980, by calendar year, is contained in the annual White Paper, "Statement on the Community Budget".