Written question asked by William Powell (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 January 1997. It was answered by David Davis (Conservative) on Friday, 24 January 1997 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: What is the latest estimate of the net contribution of each EU member state to the EU budget; and what this figure is in terms of pounds sterling per head of population in each member state. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the latest estimate of the net contribution of each EU member state to the EU budget; and what this figure is in terms of pounds sterling per head of population in each member state. [11800] Mr. David Davis: Net contributions by member states to the EC budget for 1995--the latest year for which figures are available--are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Member state Net contribution (£ million) Net contribution per head (£) Belgium +254.9 +25.5 Denmark -250.3 -48.9 Germany +10,999.1 +135.8 Greece -2,857.2 -280.1 Spain -5,911.1 -149.7 France +1,414.5 +25.0 Ireland -1,545.2 -439.0 Italy +502.9 +8.9 Luxembourg +36.7 +96.5 Netherlands +1,641.7 +109.4 Austria +741.2 +95.0 Portugal -1,950.0 -188.8 Finland +134.8 +27.2 Sweden +767.6 +90.1 UK +2,865.5 +67.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures are drawn from the European Court of Auditor's report on the 1995 budget. They do not take account of expenditure not attributable to individual member states, such as administration, and should not therefore be regarded as definitive.

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