Written question asked by Lord Stevens of Ludgate (Conservative Independent), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) on Thursday, 2 February 2006.
EU: UK Contributions
- Question
- How much the United Kingdom will receive back in European Union (EU) funds per head compared to other EU member states.
- Answer
-
As the Prime Minister said in his Statement to the House on 19 December, the agreement reached at the European Council now means that after some 20 years of paying twice as much as France, UK and French contributions will now be in rough parity.Based on the European Commission’s forecasts and assumptions, and using the financial perspective table agreed on 17 December 2005, Treasury estimates for France and the UK’s gross contributions, receipts and net contributions from 2007–13 are:
€ per capita, 2004 prices 2007–13 Gross contribution after abatement Receipts Net contribution France -2,242/-2,236 1,434 -808/-801 UK -1,702/-1,725 772 -930/-954 The UK’s actual financing share, receipts and abatement are all dependent on a number of variables including the actual rate of spending in each policy area in each member state and the pound/euro exchange rate.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 3559; 678 c67-8WA
- Session
- 2005-06
- Related items
- Subjects
- EU budget EU grants and loans
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2013-11-26 01:51:32 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1110544
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1110544
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1110544