§ 39. Mr. DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the value of EU expenditure in Scotland 267W expressed as a proportion of total tax revenue raised in Scotland; and what is the comparative figure for the rest of Great Britain. [13664]
§ Mr. KynochEuropean Community expenditure cannot be geographically identified on a comprehensive basis. However, in 1992–93, EC expenditure in Scotland in respect of my right hon. Friends programmes, together with agricultural intervention expenditure and that financed by receipts from the European social fund, is estimated to have been of the order of £370 million. In that year, revenues raised in Scotland from the four main sources—income tax, national insurance contributions, VAT and local government revenues—amounted to some £12.8 billion. For the UK as a whole, total public sector receipts from EC institutions in 1992–93 were some £2.8 billion and the revenues from the four main sources were some £153.7 billion.