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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695361/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>At Spring Budget 2024, the government announced that from 1 April 2025, companies claiming the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) will be able to receive a 5-percentage point increase in tax relief (a total rate of 39%) on UK visual effects costs in film and high-end TV productions. The government will also remove the AVEC\u2019s 80% cap on expenditure for UK visual effects costs, so companies will be able to claim relief on all UK visual effects spend.<\/p><p>The policy objective is to incentivise companies to use more visual effects in their film and high-end TV productions, and for that visual effects work to be carried out in the UK.<\/p><p>The government will shortly publish a 10-week consultation on the types of cost that will be in scope of the additional tax relief.<\/p><p>As the details of policy are under development, the government cannot yet publish an assessment of its impact on the visual effects industry. The government will publish a Tax Information and Impact Note in due course.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695080/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>HMRC publishes statistics on the cost of video games tax relief here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>A breakdown of claims by production budgets is not available. However, within the National Statistics (Video Games \u2013 Table 4.2) there is a breakdown by the size of the claim.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Video Games Tax Relief was paid out to companies with production values above £15 million in each year between 2020 and 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695081/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>HMRC publishes statistics on the cost of video games tax relief here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>A breakdown of claims by production budgets is not available. However, within the National Statistics (Video Games \u2013 Table 4.2) there is a breakdown by the size of the claim.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1658309", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1658309/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>While HMRC does not hold information at a constituency level, the number of companies benefiting from the Video Games Tax Relief can be found in Table 4.1 of:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023<\/a><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Video Games: Tax Allowances"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many gaming companies in (a) the UK and (b) Enfield North constituency have benefited from Video Games Tax Relief in the most recent year for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4822", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Feryal Clark"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Feryal Clark"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1656847", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1656847/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>While HMRC does not hold information at a constituency level, the number of companies benefiting from the Video games tax relief can be found in Table 4.1 of:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Video Games: Tax Allowances"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many gaming companies in (a) the UK and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency have benefited from Video Games Tax Relief in the most recent year for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4617", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Western"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1609784", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1609784/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The government will set out the detail of the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) alongside draft legislation in Summer 2023 and welcomes feedback. After this is published, the government will provide thorough guidance and education about how VGEC will work.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>It was announced at Spring Budget 2023 that VGEC will be introduced from 1 January 2024. VGEC will be calculated directly from qualifying expenditure and have a credit rate of 34%, which will provide a greater benefit than the current Video Games Tax Relief. The expenditure credit model will also provide businesses with greater clarity about the amount of credit they can expect to receive and greater flexibility over production decisions. In addition, this reform will ensure video games tax relief continues to work as intended following the implementation of the OECD \u2018Pillar 2\u2019 rules in the UK and elsewhere.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>VGEC will be modelled after the R&amp;D Expenditure Credit (RDEC). The credit will be liable to Corporation Tax, like RDEC, and this was taken into account when the credit rate was set at 34%.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the liability to corporation tax of the video games expenditure credit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4617", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Western"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1538344", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1538344/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government recognises the valuable economic and cultural contribution of the video games industry. The Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) has supported £5.1 billion of UK expenditure on 1,940 games since its introduction in 2014.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>At Spending Review 2021 the government confirmed £8 million for the continuation of the UK Games Fund which provides bespoke support for the UK\u2019s independent video game industry.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government regularly receives proposals for changes to tax reliefs. When considering changes, the Government must ensure they provide support to businesses in a fair way and that taxpayer money is effectively targeted. An uplift in the rate of VGTR is not currently under consideration. However, the Government keeps all tax reliefs under review.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal by The Independent Game Developers\u2019 Association to increase video games tax relief from 25 per cent to 32 per cent.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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