Greyhound Racing (Pool Betting Duty and Bookmakers' Licence Duty)

HC Deb 27 November 1963 vol 685 c84W

Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the Treasury receipts from pool betting duty collected on totalisators at greyhound racing tracks for the months of July, August, September and October, 1963, and similar figures for bookmakers' licence duty for the same months.

Mr. M. Macmillan

The following are the figures:

1963	Pool betting duty receipts from greyhound totalisators	Receipts of Bookmakers' Licence duty
		£	£
July	…	531,785	132,405
August	…	633,630	150,608
September	…	454,742	120,445
October	…	488,951	135,774