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673646

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the total outstanding budgetary commitments and pension liabilities the UK has currently to the EU; and what estimate he has made of the potential amount of such commitments and liabilities when Article 50 is triggered.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	60044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The terms of the UK’s departure from the EU will depend on negotiations with the EU and other Member States. We should make clear that our discussions will need to take into account both assets and liabilities. There is no established precedent for leaving the EU. We will approach the negotiations with the full intention of securing a deal that delivers the best possible outcome for the UK. It goes without saying that we want a smooth and orderly exit from the EU, and will look at the best way to deliver that.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/01/2017 16:14:20 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

636309

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish Britain's net contribution to the EU budget by NUTS 1 region for the latest fiscal year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	52850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The EU budget is financed through national and not regional contributions, and only some receipts are distributed on a regional basis. It is therefore not possible to provide a regional breakdown of net contributions.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 21/11/2016 17:05:50 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

101320

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department have had responsibility for monitoring gross national income accounting changes and their effect on the UK contribution to the EU in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	212226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Economic statistics that impact upon the UK’s contribution to the EU budget such as gross national income and VAT affect a wide range of areas within HM Treasury and as a consequence will include a large number of different officials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/11/2014 16:41:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

101321

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department was first made aware of the EU Statistical Office revisions to the UK's gross national income and value added tax balances and subsequent calculation of an EU member state's contribution to the 2014 Amending Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	212227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>As my Rt Hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer told the House on 4 November, Col 565, there was a meeting at the Commission on Friday 17 October. On Tuesday 21 October, Treasury officials prepared advice for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Prime Minister was aware of the advice on Thursday 23 October. That is very similar to the timetable that the Dutch Government have set out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/11/2014 14:08:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

166248

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to encourage the European Commission to publish greater details on how much revenue it receives and how that revenue is spent.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	216074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission publishes a Financial Report each year which sets out details of the amount of revenue and levels of expenditure in respect of the previous year’s EU Budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest report, on the 2013 EU Budget, was published in September 2014 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/financialreport/2013/lib/financial_report_2013_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/financialreport/2013/lib/financial_report_2013_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Annex 2C, page 123, provides a breakdown of expenditure and revenue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/12/2014 14:35:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

420960

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the work required to collect the revenue paid into the EU budget in each year since 1985.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	11543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not calculate separately the cost of collecting revenues paid over to the EU each year. Revenues paid over to the EU are funded through paying over a proportion of the customs duties and general taxation that are collected by HMRC.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 11544 question first answered 21/10/2015 16:03:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

420961

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the work required to collect the revenue paid into the EU budget each year.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	11544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not calculate separately the cost of collecting revenues paid over to the EU each year. Revenues paid over to the EU are funded through paying over a proportion of the customs duties and general taxation that are collected by HMRC.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 11543 question first answered 21/10/2015 16:03:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

420966

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the UK has been allocated from the (a) European Regional Development Fund, (b) European Social Funds, (c) European Agricultural Fund of Guarantee, (d) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, (e) European Territorial Cooperation, (f) Youth Employment Initiative and (g) European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for the period from 2014 to 2020; and what information his Department holds on how much funding has been allocated from each fund in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	11588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Information regarding the UK’s allocation from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Social Fund (ESF), and European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), including how these will be divided across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales for the period 2014-2020, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-european-funds/2010-to-2015-government-policy-european-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-european-funds/2010-to-2015-government-policy-european-funds</a>.</p><p>Information regarding the UK’s allocation from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), including how this will be divided across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales for the period 2014-2020, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-cap-allocations-announced" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-cap-allocations-announced</a>.</p><p>Information regarding the UK’s allocation from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, including how this will be divided across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales for the period 2014-2020, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/european-fisheries-fund-allocated-to-promote-growth-across-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/european-fisheries-fund-allocated-to-promote-growth-across-the-uk</a>;</p><p>Information regarding the UK’s share from European Territorial Cooperation, including the regions in which the funds will be spent, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/european-territorial-cooperation-programmes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/european-territorial-cooperation-programmes</a></p><p>Information regarding the UK’s share from the Youth Employment Initiative, including the regions in which the funds will be spent, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/170-million-to-help-young-people-find-jobs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/170-million-to-help-young-people-find-jobs</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/10/2015 13:47:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

425383

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much total government funding the UK contributed towards the budget of the EU in each year since 1992.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	14441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Details of UK contributions to the EU Budget are published annually in a document entitled European Union Finances.</p><br /><p>The latest edition (European Union Finances 2014) was published in December 2014 (Cm 8974) and is available in the House library. Table 3A on page 14 provides details of UK contributions, rebate and public sector receipts for the period 2008 to 2014.</p><br /><p>Figures for years prior to 2008 can be found in previous editions of this publication, which are also be available in the House library.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/11/2015 14:48:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

438585

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	EU Budget
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the amount of direct private sector receipts from the EU was in 2014; and what the expected amount of direct private sector receipts from the EU is for 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	20284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Neither the EU Commission nor HM Treasury publish a definitive figure for UK private sector receipts in isolation from total UK receipts. Private sector receipts may, however, be estimated by subtracting the OBR’s estimates for receipts to the UK public sector from total UK receipts published by the EU Commission. For all years up to 2013, this estimate has been detailed in the Technical Annex of HM Treasury’s European Finances White Paper, as shown in the table below. The below figure for 2014 can be estimated using the same methodology as in the White Paper.</p><br /><p>The OBR do not publish a forecast of private sector receipts. As the EU Commission have not yet published total UK receipts for 2015, we are unable to provide an expected figure for private sector receipts in 2015.</p><p><br> <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£bn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Public sector receipts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Private sector receipts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>5.36</p></td><td><p>4.00</p></td><td><p>1.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>5.62</p></td><td><p>4.17</p></td><td><p>1.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>5.70</p></td><td><p>4.13</p></td><td><p>1.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>5.78</p></td><td><p>4.77</p></td><td><p>1.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>The figure for total receipts is taken from Page 16, Table 3B of HM Treasury’s European Union Finances 2015, accessible at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/483344/EU_finances_2015_final_web_09122015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/483344/EU_finances_2015_final_web_09122015.pdf</a>. The original data is from the European Commission’s Financial Report 2014 (available at this link: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/financialreport/2014/foreword/index_en.html" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/financialreport/2014/foreword/index_en.html</a>), expressed in euros, and has been converted to sterling using the annual average exchange rate for that year.</p><br /><p>The figure for public sector receipts is taken from Page 14, Table 3A of HM Treasury’s European Union Finances 2015, accessible at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/483344/EU_finances_2015_final_web_09122015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/483344/EU_finances_2015_final_web_09122015.pdf</a>.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/01/2016 17:04:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds