HC Deb 29 July 1957 vol 574 cc121-2W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will arrange to publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table of figures showing for each of the months from January to June, 1957, the revenue received by the Treasury from the 10 per cent. duty on greyhound racing totalisators, with comparative figures for the same months in the year 1956.

Mr. Powell

The receipts in the months in question from the duty on totalisator betting at greyhound racecourses were as follows:

1956 1957
£ £
January 365,179 466,212
February 325,387 381,447
March 459,059 457,250
April 494,691 498,643
May 642,955 637,072
June 545,590 *553,759
* This figure is provisional.