§ Mr. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give the monthly totals of the revenue received from the pool betting duty on totalisators on greyhound and horse racing tracks, for the year ended 31st December, 1956; and how these figures compared with the year ended 31st December, 1955.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe monthly receipts of pool betting duty charged at 10 per cent. on bets with greyhound race-114W track totalisators during 1955 and 1956 were as follows:
— 1955 1956 £ £ January … 334,180 365,179 February … 355,187 325,387 March … 460,394 459,059 April … 494,194 494,691 May … 490,069 642,955 June … 684,250 545,590 July … 544,668 565,529 August … 642,806 717,879 September … 581,070 508,112 October … 449,331 496,841 November … 448,290 489,010 December … 425,708 370,063 Total … 5,910,147 5,980,295 Bets made with totalisators operated on horse race-courses under the authority of the Racecourse Betting Control Board are not liable to pool betting duty.