asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the United Kingdom monthly net contribution to the European Economic Community, excluding rebates, for each month since January 1979, listing alongside under headings 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 rebates repaid in each month, such rebate being entered under the heading appropriate to the year to which the rebate referred, and with sub totals entered under each column at each year end.
[pursuant to his reply, 24 May 1982, c. 225]: The monthly net payments to and from the European Community budget during 1979, 1980, 1981 and the first three months of 1982 are shown in the following table:
£ million
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1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
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Net Payment
| Net Payment before Refunds
| Refunds
| Net Payment after Refunds
| Net Payment before Refunds
| Refunds
| Net Payment after Refunds
| Net Payment before Refunds
| Refunds
| Net Payment after Refunds
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(*)
| (†)
| (*)
| (*)
| (†)
| (*)
| (*)
| (†)
| (*)
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| January | 101·3 | 54·4 | 54·4 | 111·1 | 210·5(‡) | -99·4 | 123·3 | 123·3 | ||
| February | -13·9 | 89·9 | 89·9 | 87·4 | 60·3(‡) | 27·1 | 117·4 | 117·4 | ||
| March | 131·4 | 10·0 | 10·0 | 78·3 | 276·1(‡) | -197·9 | 148·8 | 813·2(‡) | -644·4 | |
| April | 110·0 | 86·8 | 86·8 | 89·0 | — | 89·0 | — | — | ||
| May | 12·5 | 108·5 | 108·5 | 121·1 | — | 121·1 | — | — | ||
| June | 110·7 | 93·0 | 93·0 | 148·2 | — | 148·2 | — | — | ||
| July | 112·7 | 51·4 | 51·4 | 141·6 | — | 141·6 | — | — | ||
| August | 102·8 | 104·9 | 104·9 | 212·4 | 28·l(‡) | 184·3 | — | — | ||
| September | 35·4 | 81·7 | 81·7 | 78·6 | — | 78·6 | — | — | ||
| October | 87·0 | 73·2 | 73·2 | 22·5 | — | 22·5 | — | — | ||
| November | -2·9 | 58·1 | 58·1 | 101·0 | — | 101·0 | — | — | ||
| December | 160·3 | -8·0 | 97·6(‡) | -105·6 | -101·0 | 118·0(║) | -219·0 | — | — | |
| Total | 947·3 | 803·9 | 97·6 | 706·3 | 1090·2 | 693·0 | 397·1 | 389·5 | 813·2 | -423·7 |
| (*) A negative sign indicates a net receipt. | ||||||||||
| (†) Refunds received under the 30 May agreement. | ||||||||||
| (‡) Refunds totalling £7906 million received in 1980 and 1981 were in respect of the 1980 Community budget. | ||||||||||
| (║) Refund of £813·2 million received in March 1982 was in respect of the 1981 Community budget. | ||||||||||