§ Mr. Pitmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give figures of the receipts of the betting for football and similar pools for the year 1950 up to date.
§ Mr. JayThe monthly figures of receipts of Pool Betting Duty during 1950 from football pools (together with other similar pools included under the same heading) are as follow:
£ January … … … 1,358,409 February … … … 1,663,565 March … … … 2,026,731 April … … … 1,505,321 May … … … 1,228,230 June … … … 131,914 July … … … 57,528 August … … … 144,972 I regret that the figure for September is not yet available.