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Written Question
Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
Monday 9th June 2014

Asked by: Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the threshold charge payable for a type 2 machine for the purposes of calculating machine gaming duty was set at £5.

Answered by David Gauke

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Explanatory Note for Clause 117 of Finance Bill 2014, which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298680/ENs_Finance_Bill_2014__1_.pdf