asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will give details of any financial contributions made to the European Union for special individual projects, including overseas aid to developing countries outside the European Union, for each of the past five years. [HL3515]

The United Kingdom makes its contributions to the EC budget as a whole and not to individual projects within it. Details of the UK's contributions to the EC budget over the period 2000 to 2005 may be found in table 3.2 of the European Community Finances White Paper (Cm 6770, page 17) published in May 2006. The United Kingdom's gross contribution in 2005 to 2006, after taking account of the abatement, was £8.1 billion. In addition, the United Kingdom makes contributions to the European development fund, details of which are as follows:

2001-02—£91,463,000

2002-03—£132,545,000

2003-04—£230,883,000

2004-05—£253,655,000

2005-06—£234,431,000.