§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the EU's budget, broken down by substantial composite budget category, is taken up by administrative costs (i) in real terms and (ii) expressed as a percentage. [106393]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonIn 1998 (the most recent year for which final data are available) total administrative costs in the EU were 4,250 million euros in real terms.
Total administrative costs as a percentage of the total Community budget in 1998 were 4.8 per cent.