§ Sir G. Broadbridgeasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the approximate receipts of Entertainments Duty from different kinds of entertainments during the present financial year under headings similar to those given in answer to a similar question on 7th May last.
§ Mr. PeakeThe latest information of this kind which I am able to supply is in respect of the nine months ended 31st December, 1944. The appropriate receipts from the various kinds of entertainments during that period were as follows:
£000. Receipts under the full scale of duty: Cinemas 29,450 Football 340 Cricket 7 Horse Racing 203 Other Racing 685 Other Entertainments 239 Receipts under the reduced scale of duty: Theatres and Music Halls 2,534 Other Entertainments 117 Unclassified Receipts 389 Total £33,964