HC Deb 31 October 2000 vol 355 cc414-5W
Mr. Drew

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce tax exemptions for community amateur sports clubs. [135732]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Many community amateur sports clubs are already exempt from corporation tax on the income they earn from their members, and the subscriptions of their playing members are exempt from VAT. On 29 September DETR published a Green Paper, "Modernising Local Government Finance", which included, at Annex E, a section inviting views on rate relief for non-profit-making sports clubs.