§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his most recent estimate of the money lost to the Revenue by the subsidisation of rates on registered clubs where alcoholic liquor is taken.
§ Mr. KingI have been asked to reply.
Recreational clubs not run for profit, some of which may be registered clubs where alcoholic liquor is taken, benefit from rate relief due to charities. Mandatory rate relief to charities in 1979–80 amounted to around £48 million for England, Scotland and Wales. It is not possible to say what proportion of this was in respect of clubs where alcoholic liquor is taken, but it was certainly very small.