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Taxation: Gambling

Volume 492: debated on Friday 15 May 2009

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Mr. Betts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the bingo industry on levels of taxation in the industry in the last three months; (274765)

(2) what discussions there have been between representatives of his Department and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the proposed transfer of gaming machines to a gross profits taxation regime;

(3) what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on gambling taxation prior to the 2009 Budget.

Angela Eagle

Treasury Ministers and officials met with a wide range of organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors as part of the usual Budget process. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such discussions

Mr. Betts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the changes to the tax rates for (a) bingo, (b) casinos, (c) betting, (d) gaming machines and (e) online gaming following the 2009 Budget are. (274784)

Angela Eagle

Details of the tax changes relating to different gambling sectors were announced at Budget 2009. Costings implications are published in Table A1 in the Financial Statement and Budget Report. More detailed information on the tax changes can be found in HMRC Budget Notes 73 and 83, published on the HMRC website:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2009/bn73.htm

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2009/bn83.htm