§ Mr. GillTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what currency(a) UK contributions to the EU Budget and (b) EU payments to the UK are made. [150874]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonBoth the United Kingdom's contributions to the EC Budget and EC payments to the United Kingdom are made in sterling.
§ Mr. GillTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the net cost per month has been of UK contributions to the EU since January 2000. [150873]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Government publish details of the United Kingdom's net contribution to the EC Budget on an annual, financial year, basis. The United520W Kingdom's net contribution in 1999–2000, together with the Government's latest forecast in respect of 2000–01, can be found at footnote 1 to Table B17 of the Pre-Budget Report (Cm 4917) published in November 2000.
Details of the Government's spring forecast of the United Kingdom's net contribution in 2000–01 will be published in the Chancellor's Departmental Report.