Lord Bruce of Doningtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many proposals were put forward by the European Commission for transfers of appropriations from one chapter to another of the general budget for the financial years 1993 and 1994 (to date); how many of these proposals were agreed to by the budgetary authority without amendment; and what total sum (in £ sterling) was transferred in this way.
§ Lord Henley:The Commission proposed 26 such transfers in 1993, of which 23 were agreed without amendment by the budgetary authority. The total transferred was £1,671 million in commitments and £2,048 million in payments. In 1994, there were 42 proposals, of which 34 were agreed unamended. The total transferred was £3,450 million in commitments and £2,617 million in payments.
*A rate of £1=1.2528 ecu has been used for 1993 and £1=1.3243 for 1994.