HC Deb 19 June 2000 vol 352 c39W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cost to the UK of its funding of the Common Agricultural Policy in 1999. [125982]

Ms Quin

The United Kingdom contributes to the EU budget as a whole, and not to any particular part. The budget for 1999 was set at euro 85.5 billion (around £59 billion), of which the CAP accounted for euro 40.5 billion (around £28 billion). The UK's contribution to the overall EU budget was 12.68 per cent., after the effect of the Fontainebleau abatement was taken into account.

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