Football

HC Deb 07 December 1990 vol 182 cc215-6W

Mr. Pendry

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the Government's total income from(a) the football bettings duty and (b) the football industry as a whole for each of the past 11 years and as a total over the same period.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Receipts from pool betting duty are as follows:

	£ million
1979–80	136.1
1980–81	157.0
1981–82	176.0
1982–83	199.3
1983–84	204.9
1984–85	217.9
1985–86	235.2
1986–87	254.2
1987–88	277.0

	£ million
1988–89	278.9
1989–90	303.8
	2,440.3

Information about the total Exchequer income from the football industry is not available.