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1568229

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date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Orchestras: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Orchestra Tax Relief scheme to include claims on costs incurred on goods and services for digital concerts.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	126574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of the UK’s world leading creative industries and arts sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Since theatre tax relief (TTR) was introduced in 2014, £392 million of relief has been paid out, supporting 17,820 productions as of the year 2021-22. £62 million of orchestra tax relief (OTR) has been paid out since it was introduced in 2016, supporting 2,640 productions as of the year 2021-2022.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2021, the Government temporarily increased the headline rates of TTR and OTR in recognition of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on these sectors. The headline rate of relief for TTR was increased from 20 per cent (for non-touring productions) and 25 per cent (for touring productions) to 45 per cent and 50 per cent. From 1 April 2023, the rates will be reduced to 30 per cent and 35 per cent and will return to 20 per cent and 25 per cent on 1 April 2024. The headline rate of OTR was temporarily increased from 25 per cent to 50 per cent, reducing to 35 per cent from 1 April 2023 and returning to 25 per cent on 1 April 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government keeps all tax reliefs under review, the Government is not planning to expand the qualifying costs for OTR or TTR.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 126571 question first answered 23/01/2023 15:18:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1286854

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Orchestras: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of covid-19 social distancing restrictions on the level of orchestra tax relief claimed since April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	154581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>HMRC publish official statistics for the creative industries tax reliefs annually. Statistics for the amount of Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) claimed in the 2020-21 tax year will be published in summer 2021. In 2019-20, the Government provided £18 million of support to 565 productions through OTR.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax reliefs under review, and regularly receives proposals for changes to tax reliefs. When considering proposed changes, HM Treasury must ensure they provide support to businesses across the economy in a fair way and that taxpayer money is targeted effectively.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 154916 question first answered 24/02/2021 15:34:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1286998

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Orchestras: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend orchestra tax relief to performances with no in-person audience during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	154916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>HMRC publish official statistics for the creative industries tax reliefs annually. Statistics for the amount of Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) claimed in the 2020-21 tax year will be published in summer 2021. In 2019-20, the Government provided £18 million of support to 565 productions through OTR.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax reliefs under review, and regularly receives proposals for changes to tax reliefs. When considering proposed changes, HM Treasury must ensure they provide support to businesses across the economy in a fair way and that taxpayer money is targeted effectively.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 154581 question first answered 24/02/2021 15:34:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley