§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer from how many establishments bingo duty was collected in the last year for which figures are available. [20493]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 15 December 1997]: HM Customs and Excise do not collect statistics on the number of establishments paying bingo duty.
§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much bingo duty the Treasury received in each of the last 10 years; [20491]
(2) what proportion of the revenue received from taxes and duties on gaming, gambling and lotteries consisted of bingo duty in each of the last 10 years. [20492]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 15 December 1997]: The information requested is contained in the table.
Bingo duty (£ million) Total betting and gaming duties (£ million) Bingo duty as a percentage of total duty 1987–88 61.0 855.0 7.1 1988–89 63.3 913.2 6.9 1989–90 65.9 976.0 6.8 1990–91 67.4 1,006.4 6.7 1991–92 74.7 1,052.8 7.1 1992–93 79.1 1,025.4 7.7 1993–94 77.9 1,105.8 7.0 1994–95 84.4 1,216.9 6.9 1995–96 90.7 1,573.3 5.8 1996–97 95.8 1,441.0 6.6
§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information is contained in the Commissioners of Customs and Excise's bingo duty returns on the total number of people playing bingo each week. [20494]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 15 December 1997]: The bingo duty returns made to Customs and Excise do not require any information on the number of people playing bingo.
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