Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for approved company share option plans in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
Latest statistics on Company Share Option Plans can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-share-option-plans.
The number of employees that received income tax relief for shares awarded in relation to Company Share Option Plans in 2013-14 was 35,000. Data for 2014-15 and 2015-16 is not currently available.