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

To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they consider that the Horseracing Betting Levy is compatible with articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

The Horserace Betting Levy is an existing state aid which predates the UK's accession to the EU. It is on that ground that the Government considers the Levy to be compatible with the UK's obligations under European Union law and state aid rules.