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Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 February 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 February 2019. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 February 2019 on behalf of the Treasury.


Football Pools: Excise Duties

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 210669, what would be the net cost to the public purse of reducing the football pools betting duty from 15 to 10 per cent.

Answer

No assessment of the Exchequer impact of reducing the rate of Pool Betting Duty to 10% has been made.

However due to the ease of changing between pools betting and regular betting the Government considers it would put a significant portion of the General Betting Duty receipts at risk – which totalled £572m in 2017-18.

A list of current and future gambling duty rates can be found in Annex A of the Government’s Budget 2018 document.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/754766/Annex_A_rates_and_allowances.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
220074
Session
2017-19
Related items
Football Pools: Excise Duties
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Football Pools: Excise Duties
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Excise duties Football pools
Link
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