To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the UK net contribution was to the EU (a) in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) is expected to be in 2011. (181773)

The United Kingdom’s net contribution to the EC Budget in 2006-07 can be found at table B11 (page 173) of the pre-Budget report (Cm 7227). Details of the Government’s latest forecast of the United Kingdom’s net contribution to the EC Budget over the period 2007-08 to 2010-11 can also be found at table B11. These numbers will be updated as usual for the 2008 Budget.