HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 cc503-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the financial contribution made by(a) Her Majesty's Government and (b) the European Union in each year since 1980 to (i) the European Movement and (ii) the Campaign for an Independent Britain. [12475]

Mr. David Davis

Until 1985, the Government made grants of £30,000 a year to the European Movement. Grants given since 1985 were:

  • 1985–86: £20,000
  • 1986–87: £15,000
  • 1987–88: £10,000
  • 1988–89: £5,000
  • 1992: £30,000
  • 1994: £10,000

No grants have been made to the European Movement since 1994.

The Government are not aware of any official funding for the Campaign for an Independent Britain during this period.

Chapter A-30 of the EC budget provides a broad outline of Community subsidies, including to bodies and projects advancing the idea of Europe".

The European Commission does not, however, publish a detailed list of such grants.

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