Question to the HM Treasury:
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.
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.