Written question asked by Jonathan Lord (Conservative) on Monday, 2 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 September 2019. It was answered by Simon Clarke (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 September 2019 on behalf of the Treasury.
Football Pools: Excise Duties
- Question
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to football pools of reducing betting duty to 10 per cent.
- Answer
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No assessment of the impact of reducing the rate of Pool Betting Duty to 10% has been made. Pool Betting Duty covers a range of gambling activity that goes wider than the football pools.
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 £619m in 2018-19.
However, all taxes are kept under review.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 285269
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Excise duties Football pools
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- 2019-09-05 17:43:49 +0100
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