HC Deb 22 December 1997 vol 303 c498W
Mr. Gale

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list, for each of the years since the singing of the Fontainebleau Agreement, the amount that the United Kingdom has saved in contributions to the EU arising from the terms of the treaty. [22152]

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson

I have been asked to reply.

The following table sets out the information requested for the period 1985–86 to 1996–97, the last full financial year for which outturn information is available.

£ million
1985–86 823
1986–87 1,343
1987–88 1,137
1988–89 1,600
1989–90 1,317
1990–91 1,838
1991–92 2,428
1992–93 1,993
1993–94 2,350
1994–95 1,648
1995–96 1,576
1996–97 2,418