UK Contributions to the EU

There is a lot of confusion about the UK's net contribution to the EU. It's important to know this when discussing value for money or even when discussing whether the political parties should be telling you more about what's going on. The Treasury says it isn't much, but why don't you decide?

The net UK contribution to the EU coffers in 2009 - 2010 will be £6.064 billion and this will rise to £6.401 billion the following year. That is £100 per year for every man woman and child in the UK.

Source HM Treasury http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/european_community_finances_2008.pdf (page 24)

We will provide you with more information about how your money is spent than any other party has managed to do until now.