Written question asked by William Powell (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 February 1997. It was answered by David Davis (Conservative) on Monday, 17 February 1997 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: What is his current estimate of the annual running costs of (a) the European Commission, (b) the European Parliament, (c) the European Court of Justice and (d) other EU institutions. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his current estimate of the annual running costs of (a) the European Commission, (b) the European Parliament, (c) the European Court of Justice and (d) other EU institutions. [15727] Mr. David Davis: The running costs of EU institutions in 1995, 1996 and 1997 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995 1996 1997 Commission 2,538.6 2,696.7 2,798.1 Parliament 832.1 802.7 887.2 Council 306.2 307.0 320.3 Court of Justice 112.9 169.7 123.1 Court of Auditors 50.0 56.2 57.7 Economic and Social Committee 25.0 27.6 27.9 Committee of the Regions 10.5 16.1 15.6 Joint organisational structure 49.8 52.6 53.8 (supports the Economic and Social Committee of the Regions) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All figures are commitments in mecu and are rounded to the nearest 0.1 mecu. The 1995 figures are taken from the Court of Auditors annual report concerning the financial year 1995. The 1996 and 1997 figures have been taken from the general budget of the European Union for these years.

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