PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Research and Development Tax Credit (22 June 2017)
Question Asked
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received research and development tax credits in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
Asked by:
Peter Dowd (Labour)
Asked by:
Peter Dowd (Labour)
Answer
Research and development tax credits are claimed by companies. The number of companies claiming tax relief on research and development in 2014-15 was 20,935. HM Revenue and Customs publish this information within a statistics release at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit
The next publication will include information for 2015-16. Information for later years are not yet available.
Answered by:
Mel Stride (Conservative)
27 June 2017
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