HC Deb 12 July 1991 vol 194 cc526-8W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table setting out the rate of football pools betting turnover for each of the past 10 years and the rate of pool betting turnover that would be required to provide(a) £75 million and (b) £70 million to the proposed foundation for sport and the arts, expressed (i) numerically and (ii) as a percentage increase.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

[holding answer 11 July 1991]: Pools turnover (mostly on football pools) based on pool betting duty receipts in each of the last 10 financial years was:

Year Turnover £ million
1981–82 443.8
1982–83 473.1
1983–84 486.4

Year Turnover £million
1984–85 512.9
1985–86 553.5
1986–87 598.2
1987–88 647.5
1988–89 656.1
1989–90 714.7
1990–91 766.1

It is estimated that, to provide (a) £75 million and (b) £70 million to the proposed foundation for sport and the arts, chargeable turnover (ie not including the exempt donations by clients) would have to rise to (a) £1,000 million and (b) £933 million, representing increases of (a) 30.5 per cent. and (b) 21.8 per cent. over chargeable turnover for 1990–91.