Football Pools: Excise Duties

(asked on 26th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of reducing pools duty to 10 per cent to the industry and local economy in the North West.


Answered by
Simon Clarke Portrait
Simon Clarke
This question was answered on 4th October 2019

No assessment has been made. Cutting Pool Betting Duty to 10% is unlikely to increase usage of the football pools which has been in long term decline due to the popularity of other gambling products.

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