Gaming Machines: Taxation

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Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the public purse from category B2 machines in each of the last three financial years; and what estimate his Department has made of the sum that will accrue to the public purse from such machines in 2018-19.


Answered by
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
This question was answered on 27th June 2018

The Government does not have information on revenue from category B2 machines, information on machine gaming duty receipts can be found on UK Trade Info and the latest forecasts of future revenue were published by the OBR at Spring Statement 2018.

Detailed information is not available to quantify costs to the public purse from use of B2 machines.

DCMS plan to engage with the gambling industry to ensure it is given sufficient time to implement the technological changes and restructure its business model accordingly.

HM Treasury keeps all taxes under review, and international comparison is part of that process.

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