Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses received double taxation relief in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

Corporation Tax

The numbers of incorporated businesses claiming Double Taxation Relief for Corporation Tax are as follows (rounded to the nearest 100):

2013-14: 7,500

2014-15: 7,700

Income Tax

The numbers of individuals/unincorporated businesses within the income tax self-assessment system, who benefited from reliefs claimed under Double Taxation Agreements between the UK and other countries and reliefs claimed because of other provisions of the relevant Double Taxation Agreements are as follows (rounded to the nearest 1,000):

2013-14: 419,000

2014-15: 429,000