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<p>The estimated number of qualifying claimants and cost to the Exchequer of Seafarers
Earnings Deduction (SED) from 2008-09 to 2019-20 is presented in the table below.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated
cost to the Exchequer of Seafarers Earnings Deduction (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated
number of qualifying claimants for Seafarers Earnings Deduction</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>22,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>22,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>22,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>22,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Comparable figures prior to 2008-09 are not held.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated
cost to the Exchequer of SED from 2012-13 to 2019-20 and the estimated number of qualifying
claimants for SED from 2017-18 to 2018-19 was published in HMRC’s non-structural tax
relief statistics, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>.</p><p>.</p>
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