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A consultation paper on the proposed abolition of the Horserace Betting Levy Board and the licensing of racecourse betting and pool betting on horseracing. Home Office. 2000.

Deposited by

Home Office

Type

Consultation papers; Deposited papers

Date

4 December 2000

Reference

Dep 00/1800

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will introduce legislation to (a) change the status of the Tote, and (b) abolish the horse racing levy system; and if he will make a statement. (Holding answer 27 November 2000).

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c917W; 140345

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the progress that has been made with his plans to abolish the Horserace Betting Levy Board and to sell the Tote. - Including ref to consultation paper, copy in Library.

Asked by

Baroness Golding (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 November 2000

For answer on

29 November 2000

Answered on

29 November 2000

Mrs. Golding: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the progress that has been made with his plans to abolish the Horserace Betting Levy Board and to sell the Tote. [141134] Mr. Mike O'Brien: On 2 March this year, I announced that the Government had decided to bring to an end the statutory betting levy system, to abolish the Horserace Betting Levy Board and, in principle, to sell the Horserace Totalisator Board (the Tote) to racing. Following that announcement, I invited the British Horseracing Board (BHB), as the sport's governing authority, to prepare a realistic plan for the future funding of racing without a statutory levy. The BHB's plan was submitted to Government on 13 October. The Government have also been considering, in discussion with the Levy Board, the BHB and other stakeholder interests, a range of practical issues arising from the abolition decision. So far as the sale of the Tote is concerned, racing, with the support of the Tote's own management team, are continuing to develop their detailed proposals for the acquisition of the business. The Government, meanwhile, have been considering what the detailed terms of the Tote's exclusive licence might be following the sale and developing proposals for the future regulation of horserace pool betting. We have also formally notified the European Commission of our proposals in order to obtain state aid clearance, and expect to receive its views shortly. The Government are also publishing today "A consultation paper on the proposed abolition of the Horserace Betting Levy Board and the licensing of racecourse betting and pool betting on horseracing". This consultation paper takes account of the BHB's plan and sets out Government's detailed proposals for the abolition of the Levy Board. Specific areas covered include the BHB's proposal that it should replace the Levy Board as racing's central funding body and take control of related Levy Board's assets; the Board's responsibilities for advancing veterinary science and education and the improvement of breeds of horses; and the future of the National Stud. It also contains interim proposals, ahead of the outcome of the independent review of gambling, for the licensing and regulation of racecourse betting, including the Tote's pool betting operations. Publication of this paper represents the next important step towards ending the Government's direct involvement in the administration and financing of racing. The Government wish to see both racing and bookmaking flourish and we remain committed to working closely with both industries as we implement these reforms. Copies of the consultation paper have been placed in the Library. The closing date for responses is 28 February 2001. Thereafter the Government intend to bring forward legislation, when parliamentary time allows, that will provide for both the abolition of the Levy Board and the sale of the Tote.

Date

29 November 2000

Reference

357 c692-3W;357 c691-2W; 141134

House

House of Commons

Bassam of Brighton, Lord

What progress has been made within his plans to abolish the Horserace Betting Levy and to sell the Tote. [HL 4839]. - Inc fact that publishing today a consultation paper.

Asked by

Lord Graham of Edmonton (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 2000

Reference

HL 4839; 619 c151-2WA

House

House of Lords

HM Customs and Excise: revenue from gambling duties. Public Accounts Committee thirty-ninth report with proceedings, evidence (HC 423-i not printed separately) and an appendix.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Notes

Received 08.11.00

Date

1 November 2000

Reference

HC 423 1999/2000

House

House of Commons

Business questions: Business question on the value of the Euro and betting on vote outcomes

Business question on the value of the Euro and betting on vote outcomes.

Member

Teddy Taylor (Conservative)

Type

Business questions

Date

26 October 2000

Reference

355 c404-5

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to discuss starting prices with the racing bodies.

Asked by

Baroness Golding (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 July 2000

Reference

354 c1141W; 133747

House

House of Commons

Bassam of Brighton, Lord

When they intend to publish the fifth report on the impact of the National Lottery on the horserace betting levy. [HL 3687]. - Inc figures and ref to copies of update on impact of National Lottery on horserace betting levy, published today, in Library.

Asked by

Lord Acton (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

HL 3687; 616 c92WA

House

House of Lords

Deposited Paper Dep 00/1238

The impact of the National Lottery on the horserace betting levy: fifth report. By Sam Brand, Mark Weiner and James Powell. Home Office. Undated (2000).

Deposited by

Home Office; Research and Statistics Directorate

Type

Deposited papers

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

Dep 00/1238

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to publish the fifth report on the impact of the National Lottery on the horserace betting levy. (In Library Dep 00/1238). - Inc figures and fact that copies to be placed in Library

Asked by

Ivor Caplin (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 July 2000

Reference

354 c699-700W;354 c700W; 133352

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate on betting on horseracing and the determination of starting prices

Adjournment debate on betting on horseracing and the determination of starting prices.

Lead member

Alex Salmond

Answering member

Mike O'Brien

Department

Home Office

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

19 July 2000

Reference

354 c509-18

House

House of Commons

Horserace Betting Levy Board and Horserace Totalisator Board annual reports and accounts for 1999/2000.

Type

Annual reports; Unprinted papers

Date

18 July 2000

House

House of Commons

Horserace Totalisator Board Bill (HL) 1999/2000

Horserace Totalisator Board Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Lead member

Viscount Astor

Answering member

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

14 June 2000

Reference

613 c1725-43

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will initiate a review of the procedures which were implemented on 22nd May for calculating starting prices in horse racing.

Asked by

Andrew Welsh (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 June 2000

Reference

125638; 351 c537W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the actual and estimated yield from betting duty for the years 1996 to 2001. - Ref to HM Customs and Excise Annual Report, Table L2, Betting, Gaming and Lottery: Receipts and Financial Statement and Budget Report March 2000, Table...

Asked by

David Heathcoat-Amory (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

119452; 348 c375W

House

House of Commons

HM Customs and Excise: revenue from gambling duties. Minutes of evidence 10 April 2000. (Printed in HC 423).

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

HC 423-i 1999/2000

House

House of Commons

HM Customs and Excise: revenue from gambling duties. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

ALSO SEE PAC HC 423 1999/2000; Received 30.03.00

Date

27 March 2000

Reference

HC 352 1999/2000

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 00/442

Horserace Betting Levy Board: prior options study for the Government's 1999 quinquennial review of the Levy Board. Includes List of those consulted, consultation questions and summary of consultation responses. Horserace Betting Levy Board. 2000.

Deposited by

Horserace Betting Levy Board

Type

Deposited papers

Date

3 March 2000

Reference

Dep 00/442

House

House of Commons

Bassam of Brighton, Lord

Lords statement on whether they will publish their conclusions on the sale of the Tote and the future of the Levy Board. [HL 1184]. - Includes ref to 331 c159-60W, 12 May 1999, and the report of the quinquennial review of the Horserace Betting Levy Board, copies in Library.

Asked by

Lord Mason of Barnsley (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 March 2000

Reference

HL 1184; 610 c104-6WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

Statement on the sale of the Tote and the future of the Levy Board. - Inc ref to 12 May 1999, 331 c159-60W and the quinquennial review of the Horserace Betting Levy Board, copies in Library.

Asked by

Bill Olner (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 February 2000

For answer on

2 March 2000

Answered on

2 March 2000

Mr. Olner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the sale of the Tote and the future of the Levy Board. [111812] Mr. Straw: The futures of the Horserace Totalisator Board (The Tote) and the Horserace Betting Levy Board have, for different reasons, been under review. I am now able to set out the Government's conclusions. I announced in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Mr. Cunliffe), on 12 May 1999, Official Report, columns 159-160W, that the Government had decided to sell the Tote and that further work would be put in hand to determine the most appropriate method of sale. That work, which included the evaluation by independent financial advisers of a range of sale options, has now been completed. The options included flotation of the Tote on the stock market, its sale by open competitive auction and a sale to horseracing. Consideration of the best option was helped by the agreement of all relevant horseracing interests to support a single proposal to buy the Tote on behalf of racing, in order to maintain the position under which all the Tote's profits are used for the benefit of racing. Following careful consideration of all the available sale options, I have concluded that a sale to racing represents the best match, in principle, with the Government's objectives for the sale as a whole, as set out in my May 1999 statement. While the price to be paid by racing for the Tote will need to be the subject of commercial negotiation, it will be important to ensure that it is a fair one which strikes the right balance between the respective legitimate interests in the Tote of both racing and the taxpayer. Racing's proposal to Government aims to ensure that those who are responsible for managing and developing the Tote's business do so within a fully commercial operating environment. I believe that this represents the best options for the Tote and its staff, not forgetting, of course, all those who bet with it. We therefore propose to bring forward legislation, at the appropriate time and when Parliamentary time allows, which would enable the sale to proceed on this basis. However, a final decision will need to take account of circumstances at the time, including the outcome of commercial negotiations and relevant legal considerations. I have also today published the report of the quinquennial review of the Horserace Betting Levy Board; copies have been placed in the Library. The Levy Board was set up in 1961 to collect a levy on horserace bets from bookmakers and to disburse it for the benefit of racing. The Report concludes that the Levy Board is an efficient body which carries out its statutory functions well, but that most of those functions no longer need to be carried out in the public sector. In particular, the arrangements under which racing receives income from bookmaking should become a matter for settlement between the parties on a commercial basis. The Report recommends that the Government, in co-operation with the Levy Board and the industries involved, should take forward detailed consideration of all of the associated issues including the Board's important role in the provision of integrity services and its regulatory functions. The Government agree with these conclusions, and proposes to bring forward, once again at the appropriate time and when Parliamentary time allows, legislative proposals for the abolition of the Levy Board. We shall now be discussing with the Board, the British Horseracing Board and other representatives of the racing and bookmaking industries, the steps needed to put alternative arrangements in place. As part of this process I shall be asking the British Horseracing Board, as racing's governing body, to prepare a realistic plan which shows how racing will be run as a national sport without a statutory levy. I should make it clear that the decision to abolish the levy system is no reflection on the performance of either the Board or its staff. Both have made a significant contribution to the administration of racing over many years, which we gratefully acknowledge. The sale of the Tote and the abolition of the levy system will together mark an important change in the relationship between the Government and horseracing. The Home Secretary is responsible for policy on the regulation of gambling, which requires consideration of its social impact and measures to ensure protection against crime and exploitation. For reasons of history, this responsibility has involved the Government in the administration and financing of British horseracing to an extent and in ways which are no longer needed. My recent announcement that the Government are to establish an independent review of gambling offers racing, and others, an opportunity to put forward their ideas for the future control and regulation of betting on horseracing. Meanwhile, the sale of the Tote and the abolition of the Levy should enable racing to take more control of its own affairs and finances, as befits a mature sport. In preparing the legislation needed to give effect to these changes, the Government are committed to working closely with racing, bookmaking and other relevant interests to ensure that the results which are delivered match up to our aspirations. Horseracing is an important and successful national sport which gives employment and pleasure to many people. We want it to prosper.

Date

2 March 2000

Reference

345 c371-2W; 111812

House

House of Commons

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