Treasury written question – answered at on 11 January 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 9 December 2004, Official Report, column 653W, on EU funding, what the sum total is to date in real terms that has not been signed off by the Court of Auditors, broken down by year; and what the UK percentage share of the total EU budget was for each year.
It is important to note that the failure of any part of the Community Budget to gain a positive Statement of Assurance does not mean that the whole of that part of the budget was mis-spent. Rather, it means that the European Court of Auditors found errors in the sample audited in that year.
The figures for the years 1992 onwards (when the annual Statement of Assurance was introduced), showing the total for each year and the sum total to date, and the UK's percentage share, are as follows:
Total budget not signed off (£ million)(5507190007) | Percentage UK contribution(5507190008) (Post-abatement) | |
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1992 | 40,797 | 11.91 |
1993 | 47,368 | 11.92 |
1994 | 43,903 | 10.00 |
1995 | 51,627 | 13.64 |
1996 | 58,388 | 11.56 |
1997 | 52,055 | 11.86 |
1998 | 51,286 | 15.24 |
1999 | 49,896 | 13.43 |
2000 | 47,952 | 15.76 |
2001 | 46,719 | 9.59 |
2002 | 49,161 | 13.07 |
2003 | 60,854 | 11.92 |
Total budget not signed off (1992 to 2003) | 600,006 | – |
(5507190007) Taken from data published in Table 1A of respective European Community Finances White Papers, less administrative expenditure (also less pre-accession aid expenditure in 2002). Latest White Paper (Cm 6134) (ISBN 0–10–161342–3) was published on
(5507190008) Calculated from data published in European Commission Reports on the Allocation of EU Operating Expenditure.
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