Horse Racing (Hansard, 18 December 1997)

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of British-based stallions commanding a fee of £10,000 or more. [21180]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The estimated number of British-based stallions commanding a fee of £10,000 or more is 19.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will estimate the ratio of overall income to overall costs of race horse owners in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan; [21187]
(2) if he will publish the percentage of keep and training fees recoverable through prize money in the principle horse racing countries. [21190]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The percentage of keep and training fees recoverable through prize money in the principal horse racing nations is estimated as follows:

Per cent.

Hong Kong 149

Japan 83

South Africa 64

Canada 59

Italy 57

France 49

United States of America 47

Germany 41

Australia 38

New Zealand 34

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Most young people remanded will go into residential care with on-site schools and will not be excluded from school. Children not excluded from school will be subject to a standard school week (24 hours for those aged 14 to 16, Key stage 4).
Where a child is permanently excluded from school the Local Education Authority (LEA) is under a duty to provide suitable education. LEAS generally meet this duty through education in a pupil referral unit, which may be full or part-time, or by arranging home tuition for an average of around five hours a week.
A 1995 report "The Education of Children who are looked after by the Local Authority" produced jointly by the Department of Health Social Services Inspectorate and OFSTED examined the school attendance records of a broad group of 1,205 children, looked after in local authority foster and residential care. Information from that report appears in the following table.

Per cent.

Britain 24

Ireland 19

Source:
International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, October 1997.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the overall costs and overall income of racing horse owners in the Untied Kingdom. [21186]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The British Horseracing Board estimate the overall costs and overall income of racing horse owners in the United Kingdom as follows:

(a) overall costs = £202 million (including entry fees)

(b) overall income = £49 million (total prize money less owners' entry fees and before any deductions to trainers, jockeys etc).

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the costs and returns to the owner of the a horse winning three Class E races. [21181]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The British Horseracing Board estimate the costs and returns to the owner of a horse winning three Class E races as:

(a) Costs = £15,200

(b) Returns = £12,600.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the effects of replacing betting duty on turnover with charging duty on gross profits. [21184]
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§ Mr. George Howarth
This matter is properly for my Treasury colleagues. However, they tell me that general betting duty on stakes yielded £453 million in 1996–97; the yield of a duty on gross profit would depend on the rate charged and gross profit levels.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate Britain's place in the world rankings of returns to race horse owners. [21191]

§ Mr. George Howarth
Britain's place in the world rankings of percentage returns to racehorse owners is 36th of 41.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will meet the A1 Maktoum family to discuss the future of racing and the bloodstock industry. [21307]

§ Mr. George Howarth
We understand that there are plans for the British Horseracing Board to meet Sheikh Mohammed in the near future.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the economic effects of(a) doubling the returns and (b) halving the losses of race horse owners. [21188]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The British Horseracing Board estimate the economic effects of doubling the returns of racehorse owners to be:

New owners: 1,945

New horses: 2,867

Income: £132.3 million

Employment opportunities: 7,050.
No research has been carried out on the effect of halving the losses of racehorse owners.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of jobs in(a) motor racing and (b) the racing and bloodstock industries, excluding betting. [21179]

§ Mr. George Howarth
It is estimated that there are some 50,000 jobs in the United Kingdom motorsports industry, including support services, and 59,300 jobs (31,600 direct and 27,700 indirect) in the racing and bloodstock industries, excluding betting.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the percentages and amounts of betting duty levy put to prize money during each of the past 20 years. [21183]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The following table provided by the Horserace Betting Levy Board, sets out the annual contributions to prize money from the statutory levy on off-course betting.
General Betting Duty, currently 6.7 per cent. on off-course stakes, is paid to the Exchequer.

Year Levy yield (Bookmakers) £ million Prize money £ million Yield Percentage

1977–78 9.4 6.0 63.8

1978–79 12.3 7.7 62.6

1979–80 14.7 9.2 62.6

1980–81 16.4 9.7 59.1

1981–82 17.0 9.5 55.9

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Year Levy yield (Bookmakers) £ million Prize money £ million Yield Percentage

1982–83 19.1 10.1 52.9

1983–84 18.4 10.0 54.3

1984–85 20.0 10.2 51.0

1985–86 21.1 9.8 46.4

1986–87 24.7 11.1 44.9

1987–88 27.9 11.6 41.6

1988–89 33.7 13.8 40.9

1989–90 35.4 18.6 52.5

1990–91 37.5 21.9 58.4

1991–92 36.0 22.1 61.4

1992–93 46.9 20.6 43.9

1993–94 50.9 25.5 50.1

1994–95 50.7 27.9 55.0

1995–96 48.0 30.9 64.4

1996–97 54.0 30.1 55.7

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the increase in prize money required to(a) double the returns and (b) halve the losses of race horse owners. [21189]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The British Horseracing Board estimate the increase in prize money required to:

double the returns to racehorse owners would be £60 million;

halve the losses of racehorse owners would be £97 million.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the returns to race horse owners in(a) Britain, (b) Poland, (c) Mauritius and (d) Greece. [21192]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The estimated returns to race horse owners are as follows:

(a) Britain = 24 per cent.

(b) Poland = 73 per cent.

(c) Mauritius = 80 per cent.

(d) Greece = 109 per cent.
Source: International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, October 1997.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of horses in training for racing. [21182]

§ Mr. George Howarth
The number of horses in training for racing is estimated at 12,279 (average figure for 1996).

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review gambling legislation and taxation. [21185]

§ Mr. George Howarth
We have no immediate plans to review the gambling legislation.
My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer reviews gaming and betting duties each year in the run up to the Budget.

	Per cent.
Hong Kong	149
Japan	83
South Africa	64
Canada	59
Italy	57
France	49
United States of America	47
Germany	41
Australia	38
New Zealand	34

Year	Levy yield (Bookmakers) £ million	Prize money £ million	Yield Percentage
1977–78	9.4	6.0	63.8
1978–79	12.3	7.7	62.6
1979–80	14.7	9.2	62.6
1980–81	16.4	9.7	59.1
1981–82	17.0	9.5	55.9