Charitable Donations: Tax Allowances
(asked on 6th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief on charitable donations in each year since 2010.
The number of people who received Income Tax relief for donations to charity by tax year is given in the table below. These estimates are based on the respective Survey of Personal Incomes for each tax year.
Tax year | People (thousands) |
2010-11 | 508 |
2011-12 | 585 |
2012-13 | 663 |
2013-14 | 733 |
2014-15 | 739 |
2015-16 | 767 |
For the tax year 2016-17, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 27 June which remains as the latest estimate. In this answer the previous estimate for 2014-15 has been revised following a small change in methodology, and the previous estimate for 2015-16 has been updated following the receipt of the latest outturn data.