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Ec Contributions

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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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.

Gross (before refunds and abatements

Net (before refunds and abatements)

Year

Current prices

Constant1 prices

Current prices

Constant1 prices

1973181987102556
197417985029138
19753421,276-56-209
19764631,500167541
19777372,0963691,050
19781,3483,4448222,100
19791,6063,5879472,115
19801,7673,3038041,503
19812,1743,6471,0901,829
19822,8634,4641,6252,534
19832,9764,4081,4542,154
19843,2044,5381,1841,677
19853,9405,2772,0352,726
19864,4935,8152,2732,942
19875,2026,4142,8743,544
19885,1385,9462,9563,421
19895,5856,0433,4693,754
19906,3556,3554,1724,172

Mecu
Constant prices1 2

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

Belgium1,6311,8751,9871,8691,764
Denmark9279461,024895775
Germany9,59810,11512,23711,48810,358
Greece1,139539589680564
Spain2,9802,0723,5843,3703,671
France7,7878,0579,6788,8568,090
Ireland396380357384368
Italy6,0636,3017,5726,8876,098
Luxembourg7382897574
Netherlands2,3662,5182,9262,7852,615
Portugal446492515523502
United Kingdom6,2457,0626,1617,1076,534

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.