Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms claimed video games tax relief in each year since its introduction.
HMRC publishes reports on the number of claims for video games tax relief. Information for the period 2014-15 to 2016-17 can be found in Table 4.1 here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2017
Companies have a period of one year to submit returns after the end of the accounting period and another year to amend or withdraw a claim. Therefore, the data for 2016-17 remains provisional and subject to change due to claims not yet received.