§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list(a) the contributions of the United Kingdom to the general budget of the European Community from 1973 to 1996, at 1996 prices, under the headings agricultural and sugar levies, customs duties, gross VAT and GNP contributions, and (b) UK receipts under the headings of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, European regional development fund, European social fund refunds and/or abatements, (c) annual gross and net contributions and/or receipts together with other items and (d) annual percentage of receipts to contributions with, and without, refunds or rebates. [14327]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe information requested is set out in the table.
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UK contributions to the EC budget, 1996 prices (£ million) Period1 Agriculture and sugar levels Customs duties VAT based contributions (net of adjustments)2 3 GNP based contributions (net of adjustments)3 Other contributions4 Adjustments5 Gross contributions (total)6 1973 60 949 201 1,210 1974 81 1,117 35 -189 1,053 1975 146 1,465 -49 1,566 1976 151 1,742 -52 1,841 1977 538 2,141 -105 2,574 1978 757 2,234 1,865 -638 4,219 1979 676 2,374 2,267 -963 4,393 1980 585 1,970 1,666 -184 4,044 1981 448 1,767 1,972 277 4,465 1982 586 1,911 2,859 109 5,465 1983 421 1,950 3,105 -78 5,398 1984 456 2,213 2,983 -95 5,556 1985 310 2,118 3,193 605 238 6,464 1986 388 1,976 4,356 418 7,138 1987 536 2,142 5,069 127 7,874 1988 305 2.062 4,272 875 -181 7,334 1989 256 2,181 4,185 402 413 7,437 1990 167 1,921 5,125 637 7,850 1991 233 1,765 4,389 939 -621 6,705 1992 226 1,721 4,810 1,031 -350 7,438 1993 213 1,876 5,312 1,721 -581 8,541 1994 211 1,885 4,396 2,456 -1,403 7,545 1995 208 2,067 4,752 1,680 406 9,113 19967 202 1,989 4,442 2,444 32 9,109 Notes: 1 Breakdown of the UK gross contributions for the years 1975 to 1977, and of EAGGF, ERDF and ESF for years 1984 to 1985, are taken from the ONS (nee CSO) publications "UK Balance of Payments." 2 Net of article 131 compensation in 1978, 1979, 1980. 3 Before adjustments in respect of earlier years' contributions. 4 Treasury advances and inter-governmental agreements. 5 Budget adjustments and adjustments to VAT and GNP contributions for earlier years. Adjustments for the years up to and including 1977, are taken from The Pink Book, 1984 edition. 6 Components do not always add to totals in this table as all figures have been rounded independently. 7 1996 figures are estimates The rounding convention used in this table is that of rounding to the nearest whole number.
The deflator is adjusted to take account of the abolition of domestic rates.
Sources:
"Statement on the 1996 EC Budget" CM 3350, and earlier editions.
CSO "UK Balance of Payments, 1993 and earlier editions.
HC Deb 11.7.83 c256W.
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UK contributions to the EC budget, 1996 prices £ million Period1 Negotiated refunds Abatement Gross contributions after refunds and abatement 1973 1,210 1974 1,053 1975 1,566 1976 1,841 1977 2,574 1978 4,219 1979 4,393 1980 224 3,820 1981 1,423 3,042 1982 1,945 3,520 1983 1,464 3,934 1984 916 4,640 1985 100 -272 6,092 1986 -2,702 4,436 1987 -1,745 6,128 1988 -2,275 5,058 1989 -1,537 5,900 1990 -2,096 5,754 1991 -2,883 3,821
UK contributions to the EC budget, 1996 prices £ million Period1 Negotiated refunds Abatement Gross contributions after refunds and abatement 1992 -2,076 5,362 1993 -2,716 5,826 1994 -1,811 5,733 1995 -1,237 7,876 19962 -2,412 6,697 Notes: 1 Breakdown of the UK gross contributions for the years 1975 to 1977, and of EAGGF, ERDF and ESF for the years 1984 to 1985, are taken from the ONS (nee CSO) publications "UK Balance of Payments". 2 1996 figures are estimates. The rounding convention used in this table is that of rounding to the nearest whole number.
The deflator is adjusted to take account of the abolition of domestic rates.
Sources:
"Statement on the 1996 EC Budget" CM 3350, and earlier editions.
CSO "UK Balance of Payments, 1993 and earlier editions.
HC Deb 11.7.83 c256W.
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UK contributions to the EC budget, 1996 prices (£ million) Receipts/contributions Period1 EAGGF2 ERDF ESF Other3 Total4 Net contributions4 With refunds and abatement Per cent. Without refunds or abatement Per cent. 1973 421 107 528 682 44 44 1974 652 93 128 873 180 83 83 1975 1,566 5 87 ' 165 1,827 -256 117 117 1976 823 115 44 195 1,177 664 64 64 1977 629 210 171 279 1,289 1,289 50 50 1978 1,030 110 194 238 1,646 2,572 39 39 1979 1,015 194 238 356 1,802 2,590 41 41 1980 1,259 396 217 332 2,204 1,616 58 54 1981 1,403 298 220 306 2,226 815 73 50 1982 1,510 212 290 351 2,363 1,157 67 43 1983 1,963 252 232 314 2,761 1,174 70 51 1984 2,346 319 491 347 3,503 1,138 75 63 1985 1,888 450 420 368 3,125 2,966 51 48 1986 2,188 473 532 332 3,527 909 80 49 1987 2,037 611 648 227 3,524 2,605 57 45 1988 1,968 527 388 230 3,114 1,944 62 42 1989 1,751 462 541 64 2,818 3,083 48 38 1990 1,848 543 278 27 2,696 3,057 47 34 1991 2,033 427 714 18 3,192 628 84 48 1992 2,001 614 482 24 3,121 2,241 58 42 1993 2,414 455 630 21 3,520 2,305 60 41 1994 2,413 638 337 26 3,414 2,320 60 45 1995 2,503 447 775 33 3,757 4,118 48 41 19965 3,408 822 805 57 5,094 1,603 76 56 Notes: 1 Breakdown of the UK gross contributions for the years 1975 to 1977, and of EAGGF, ERDF and ESF for the years 1984 to 1985, are taken from the ONS (nee CSO) publications "UK Balance of Payments". 2 Includes stock depreciation payments. 3 Excludes own resources refunds after 1988. 4 Components do not always add to totals in this table as all figures have been rounded independently. 5 1996 figures are estimates. The rounding convention used in this table is that of rounding to the nearest whole number.
The deflator is adjusted to take account of the abolition of domestic rates.
Sources:
"Statement on the 1996 EC Budget" Cm 3350, and earlier editions.
CSO "UK Balance of Payments, 1993" and earlier editions.
HC Deb 11.7.83 c256W.