HC Deb 12 November 1953 vol 520 cc60-1W
55. Mr. Hamilton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of entertainment tax paid by Scottish professional football clubs in each year since 1945; and what fraction of their total receipts this represented in each year.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

I regret that the particulars requested are not available. The total receipts of Entertainments Duty collected in Scotland from football matches of all kinds, both professional and amateur, are as follows:

Financial Year ending 31st March Receipts
£'000
1946 … … … … 240
1947* … … … … 200
1948 … … … … 187
1949* … … … … 114
1950 … … … … 81
1951 … … … … 84
1952 … … … … 82
1953* … … … … 179
* These was a duty change in these years.

56. Wing Commander Bullus

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount received in revenue from the pool betting duty on greyhound racing totalisators during 1952; and the amount of revenue received from horse racing totalisators during the same year.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

The amount received in revenue from the pool betting duty on totalisators at greyhound tracks in 1952 was£6,472,132. The pool betting duty does not apply to totalisators on horse race tracks.

Mr. Mikardo

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the receipts, from the beginning of the present financial year to the latest convenient date, in respect of Entertainments Duty on Association football, Rugby League football, and boxing respectively: and by how much all these amounts would have been reduced if the duty had been waived in respect of each Form E.D. 31 in which the grand total of column (h) did not exceed£1,000,£1,500 and£2,000, respectively.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

Separate particulars of receipts of Entertainments Duty from Association football and Rugby League football, respectively, are not available. Receipts of duty from admissions to football matches generally and to boxing amounted to£952,000 and£78,000, respectively, in the first seven months of the present financial year. The information requested in the second part of the Question is not available; it could only be obtained by the lengthy examination of a large number of returns.