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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390943/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The total amount of prize money distributed in horseracing over the past 5 years is as follows:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Amount (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>98.96<\/p><\/td><td><p>93.89<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.78<\/p><\/td><td><p>114.2<\/p><\/td><td><p>123.2<\/p><\/td><td><p>130.8 (estimate)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><em>Source: BHA Fact Book 2014 for 2010-2013 inclusive; BHA press notice of 14 January 2015 for 2014 and 2015<\/em><\/p><p>Notes:<\/p><p>a) Prize money comes from three main sources \u2013 the Levy Board, Racecourses (including sponsor contributions) and Owners (via entry fees).<\/p><p>b) The sport of horseracing is organised by calendar year.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Total yield in the past 5 financial years from betting operators via the Levy Board, comprising statutory Levy payments and contributions made voluntarily, is as follows:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2014/15<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Amount (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>59.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>74.7<\/p><\/td><td><p>74.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>78.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>71.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><em>Source: Horserace Betting Levy Board<\/em><\/p><p>Notes:<\/p><p>a) Levy Schemes follow the financial year.<\/p><p>b) Offshore remote operators do not pay Levy unless they choose to do so through voluntary arrangements.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department holds no annual breakdowns of information about betting industry payments to racing by way of media rights. <em>The Economic Impact of British Racing 2013<\/em> (Deloitte) notes that relevant media companies received a total income of £153m in 2012 compared with £104m in 2008 (p.12). After deducting media companies\u2019 operating costs, £88m of this was paid to the racecourses in 2012 (2008: £57m).<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department holds no annual breakdowns of information about betting industry payments to racing by way of sponsorship. The total amount of sponsorship received by racing in 2012, from all sources, amounted to £38.6m, of which £31m went to racecourses. 41% of sponsored races were sponsored by betting companies (up from 37% in 2005). The total prize money of those races was £31.8m, but not all of this can be attributed to contributions from the betting industry (<em>The Economic Impact of British Racing 2013<\/em> p.44).<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the total prize money dispersed in horse racing in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of how much the betting industry has contributed to horse racing through (a) levy payments, (b) media rights and (c) sponsorship in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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