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Written question asked by Mike Wood (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 June 2026. It was answered by Lucy Rigby (Labour) on Friday, 3 July 2026 on behalf of the Treasury.

EU Institutions: Finance

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Government has contributed to the European Commission and EU institutions in each of the last ten years.

Answer

When the UK was a EU Member State, financial contributions were made directly to the EU budget. These were disclosed in the annual HM Treasury EU Finances Statement (EUFS). Since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, payments under the financial settlement in the Withdrawal Agreement continue to be disclosed annually in the EUFS. These can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-annual-statement.

Financial contributions for UK association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement are reported in the relevant department’s annual accounts as part of normal budgetary disclosures.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12703
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Finance EU institutions European Commission
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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