Horse Racing
Culture Media and Sport
Written answers and statements, 24 July 2006
Malcolm Moss (Shadow Minister (Culture, Media & Sport), Culture, Media & Sport; North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(1) what assessment she has made of the impact of the Horserace Betting Levy on the sale of media rights by racecourses;
(2) whether she has reviewed the conclusions of the regulatory impact assessment of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004.
Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)
The regulatory impact assessment published in December 2003 to accompany the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 contains consideration of the impact of the Horserace Betting Levy on the sale of pre-race data and television pictures by racing.
My Department will remain mindful of the conclusions of this regulatory impact assessment in any further consideration of the future of the Levy.