HC Deb 16 January 1992 vol 201 cc612-3W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the Government's total income from the football pool bettings duty for each of the years 1979–80 to 1990–91 and as a total over the same period.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Receipts from pool betting duty were as follows:

£ million
1979–80 136.1
1980–81 157.0
1981–82 176.0
1982–83 199.3
1983–84 204.9
1984–85 218.0
1985–86 235.3
1986–87 254.2
1987–88 277.0
1988–89 279.0
1989–90 303.8
1990–91 303.9
Total 2,744.5