POOL BETTING DUTY (RECEIPTS)

HC Deb 14 July 1949 vol 467 c38W

Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the monthly sums received in respect of Pool Betting Duty on greyhound racing totalisators from January to June, 1948, and for the corresponding six months of 1949.

Sir S. Cripps

The monthly figures of receipts of Pool Betting Duty from greyhound totalisators are as follows:

				1948	1949
				£	£
January	…	…	…	611,407	643,774
February	…	…	…	700,133	582,727
March	…	…	…	729,975	705,999
April	…	…	…	987,940	720,500
May	…	…	…	822,815	671,200
June	…	…	…	739,853	—

I regret that the figure for June, 1949, is not yet available.