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a) <\/strong>An evaluation of the creative industry tax reliefs covering Film Tax Relief, High-end Television Tax Relief, Animation Tax Relief and Children\u2019s Television Tax Relief was published in 2022: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/creative-industry-tax-reliefs-evaluation<\/a><\/p> <\/p> An evaluation of the video games tax relief was published in 2017: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/video-game-tax-relief-evaluation<\/a><\/p> <\/p> A qualitative evaluation capturing the wider impacts of the Museums and Galleries relief was conducted in 2020: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-relief-for-museums-and-galleries-qualitative-research<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The government keeps the tax system under review.<\/p> <\/p> b) The number of recipients of the creative industry tax reliefs is published in HMRC\u2019s Creative Industries Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023<\/a><\/p>"}
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