Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax is reclaimed annually through gift aid.

In 2019-20, the latest year for which estimates are available, £1.4 billion in Gift Aid was paid to charities, and £0.5 billion was paid to individuals who were higher and additional rate Income Tax payers. Information about the cost of Gift Aid and other tax reliefs on charitable donations is published in “UK charity tax relief statistics” on GOV.UK at the link below:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics