Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the annual (1) gross, and (2) net, costs of the UK's contributions to the EU for (a) 2014, (b) 2015, and (c) 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics "Pink Book", and what assessment they have made of those figures.

The outturn figures for gross and net UK contributions to the EU can be obtained from the 2015 EU Finances White Paper, Table 3.B, which is available on gov.uk and from the Library of the House.

The ONS Pink Book provides a measure of official transactions with the EU for the purposes of Balance of Payments statistics and cannot be used to establish the UK’s net contribution to the EU.