David Amess – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2016-01-29.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the public purse from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Damian Hinds

Total Machine Games Duty (MGD) receipts for the years ending 31 March 2015 and 2014 were £562 million and £502 million. Total Amusement Machine Licence Duty receipts for the year ending 31 March 2013 were £151million.

Receipts from fixed odds betting terminals are not separately identified in the figures published in HMRC’s Tax & Duty bulletin. The bulletin can be found here:

https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutyBulletins.aspx

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