§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the net contribution to the EEC by the United Kingdom for each year from 1990 and up to 2001; and what estimate he has made of the respective contribution made by(a) the United Kingdom and (b) other EU countries in this period. [1028]
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryThe Government's most recent estimates of the United Kingdom's net contributions to European Community institutions for the financial years 1989–90 to 1994–95, together with the forecast of our contributions up to 1998–99 are set out in the first table. Recent estimates for later years are not available; the Government do not produce such estimates on a regular basis since they are of limited value and need to be treated with particular caution.
Indicative net contribution by Member States Year Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom 1990 773.9 -422.5 5,550.4 -2,470.2 -1,711.3 1,840.9 -1,892.5 416.7 60.0 -368.4 -600.8 3,386.9 1991 -416.6 -346.3 8,796.8 -2,926.4 -2,294.6 2,449.5 -2,357.3 1,388.6 -159.7 537.9 -1,516.2 666.9 1992 -165.1 -276.6 9,697.6 -3,604.0 -2,739.6 1,443.6 -2,140.1 504.3 -164.0 829.0 -2,139.9 2.387.8 1993 -59.6 -376.9 11,830.3 -4,136.7 -3,090.4 1,019.6 -2,371.9 1,525.4 -189.6 1,326.6 -2,508.4 3,125.8 1994 309.3 -198.9 13,637.1 -3,851.9 -3,116.6 2,626.4 -1,752.0 2,540.4 -253.7 1,829.9 -1,827.0 1,158.8 Note:
Administration costs are not fully allocated by member states in the Court of Auditors report. Allocation of administrative spending would be likely to increase the receipts of member states, but particularly for Belgium and Luxembourg, and so reduce the member states' net contributions.