Taxation: Gaming Machines

Mr. Don Foster
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was collected in amusement machine licence duty in respect of each category of amusement machine in each year since its inception.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Amusement Machine Licence Duty (AMLD) is collected by HM Revenue and Customs, not the Gambling Commission.

Information on AMLD receipts broken down by machine category is not available. The total annual monthly receipts from amusement machine licence duty can be found in the HM Revenue and Customs Betting and Gaming Statistical Bulletin, which is available from the HMRC website address at:

http://www.uktradeinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?task=bullbett