§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of membership of the EU to the UK in the last year for which figures are available. [71125]
§ Ruth KellyDetails of the estimated outturn for the United Kingdom's net contribution to the EC Budget in 2001–02 were set out in the answer which my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Stevenage (Barbara Follett) on 10 June 2002,Official Report, columns 835–37W. Estimates of the trend in the United Kingdom's net contribution to the EC Budget for the period 2002–03 to 2005–06 are shown at footnote 4 to Table A.2 (page 165) of the Spending Review 2002 (Cm 5570) published on 15 July.