Justin Tomlinson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Tomlinson on 2016-07-20.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the benefits to the UK economy of video games tax relief.

Jane Ellison

The creative industries make a valuable cultural contribution to the UK, they are also an important part of a dynamic and diversified economy.

In its first two years the video games tax relief aided the production of 135 games, supporting £417 million of production spending in this country.

The latest statistics on all of the creative sector tax reliefs can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2016

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