HC Deb 27 January 1953 vol 510 cc100-1W
Mr. Balfour

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount received by his Department from the duty paid by bookmakers on greyhound racecourses for November and December, 1952, respectively.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The receipts from greyhound racecourse bookmakers licence duty in November, 1952, were £143,211, and in December, 1952, were £135,777 10s.

Mr. Pitman

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of the pool betting duty for football and similar pools collected each month for the year 1952; the amount of tax collected on the greyhound racing totalisator for November and December, 1952; and the amount of bookmakers' tax collected for November and December, 1952.

Mr. R. A. Butler

Receipts for pool betting duty on football and similar pools in 1952 were as follow:

Great Britain. January-December, 1952
£ s. d.
January … 1,798,750 0 1
February … 2,237,532 4 7
March … 1,995,164 10 4
April … 2,108,834 19 11
May … 1,556,803 7 11
June … 411,476 14 8
July … 349,814 15 0
August … 335,320 4 8
September … 1,588,741 13 5
October … 2,638,924 11 6
November … 2,276,785 8 3
December … 2,474,494 0 10
£19,772,642 11 2

The amount of tax collected on greyhound racing totalisators for November and December, 1952, in Great Britain was:

£ s. d.
November, 1952 … 440,013 16 3
December, 1952 … 401,188 9 7

The amount of bookmakers' licence duty collected in Great Britain for November and December, 1952, was as follows:

£ s.
November, 1952 … 143,211 0
December, 1952 … 135,777 10