Horse Racing

(asked on 15th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the future funding for racing; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Helen Grant Portrait
Helen Grant
This question was answered on 6th January 2015

This year we have run two consultations on the Horserace Betting Levy. The first focused on extending the Levy to offshore operators and received 24 responses. The second looked at reform or replacement of the Levy and received 100 responses.

As a result of our analysis of the responses to the two consultations it is clear that more detail is required as to how a replacement for the Levy would work in order to enable a full comparison between reform and replacement to be made.

Therefore, as announced in the Autumn Statement, we will consult, early in 2015, on a Racing Right and intend to announce a decision in the light of all three consultations.

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