To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his answer of 2 December, Official Report, column 39, what was the level of the United Kingdom's liability for contribution to EC funds in each year since 1973 (a) gross and (b) net, in cash terms and after adjusting for inflation, before refunds or abatement.
The information requested is set out in the table:
Gross (before refunds and abatements
| Net (before refunds and abatements)
| |||
Year
| Current prices
| Constant1 prices
| Current prices
| Constant1 prices
|
1973 | 181 | 987 | 102 | 556 |
1974 | 179 | 850 | 29 | 138 |
1975 | 342 | 1,276 | -56 | -209 |
1976 | 463 | 1,500 | 167 | 541 |
1977 | 737 | 2,096 | 369 | 1,050 |
1978 | 1,348 | 3,444 | 822 | 2,100 |
1979 | 1,606 | 3,587 | 947 | 2,115 |
1980 | 1,767 | 3,303 | 804 | 1,503 |
1981 | 2,174 | 3,647 | 1,090 | 1,829 |
1982 | 2,863 | 4,464 | 1,625 | 2,534 |
1983 | 2,976 | 4,408 | 1,454 | 2,154 |
1984 | 3,204 | 4,538 | 1,184 | 1,677 |
1985 | 3,940 | 5,277 | 2,035 | 2,726 |
1986 | 4,493 | 5,815 | 2,273 | 2,942 |
1987 | 5,202 | 6,414 | 2,874 | 3,544 |
1988 | 5,138 | 5,946 | 2,956 | 3,421 |
1989 | 5,585 | 6,043 | 3,469 | 3,754 |
1990 | 6,355 | 6,355 | 4,172 | 4,172 |
Mecu
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1986
| 1987
| 1988
| 1989
| 1990
| |
Belgium | 1,631 | 1,875 | 1,987 | 1,869 | 1,764 |
Denmark | 927 | 946 | 1,024 | 895 | 775 |
Germany | 9,598 | 10,115 | 12,237 | 11,488 | 10,358 |
Greece | 1,139 | 539 | 589 | 680 | 564 |
Spain | 2,980 | 2,072 | 3,584 | 3,370 | 3,671 |
France | 7,787 | 8,057 | 9,678 | 8,856 | 8,090 |
Ireland | 396 | 380 | 357 | 384 | 368 |
Italy | 6,063 | 6,301 | 7,572 | 6,887 | 6,098 |
Luxembourg | 73 | 82 | 89 | 75 | 74 |
Netherlands | 2,366 | 2,518 | 2,926 | 2,785 | 2,615 |
Portugal | 446 | 492 | 515 | 523 | 502 |
United Kingdom | 6,245 | 7,062 | 6,161 | 7,107 | 6,534 |
1 Constant prices for the United Kingdom have been constructed using the GDP deflator at market prices. | |||||
2 Constant prices for other Member States have been constructed using the GDP implicit price index. Source: OECC. |
Note: Gross contribution are given net of the United Kingdom's abatement and other Member States' contribution to it.