Written question asked by Lord McFall of Alcluith (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2006. It was answered by Gordon Brown (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Treasury.

EU Budget

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's contribution to the EU budget will be in each year from 2007 to 2013 under the recently agreed budget.

Answer: The estimated extra costs will be £500 million (0.09 per cent. of public spending) in 2007–08, zero (0 per cent.) in 2008–09, £1.0 billion (0.16 per cent. in 2009–10, and between £1.6 billion and £1.9 billion (0.23 per cent. and 0.26 per cent.) each year between 2010–11 and 2012–13.The fiscal forecast will be updated as usual at the Budget.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 39618; 440 c2796W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: EU Budget
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Subjects: Contributions EU budget
Contains statistics: Yes
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