HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 c815W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the payments the United Kingdom will be obliged to make to the European Union in each of the next four years. [24808]

Ruth Kelly

The Government's latest estimate of the United Kingdom's net contribution to the EC Budget in 2001–02 together with forecasts of the trended net contribution for 2002–03 and 2003–04 can be found at footnote 2 to Table B 13 of the pre-Budget report (Cm 5318). Forecasts for years beyond 2003–04 are not currently available.