Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Property: IncomeTreasuryTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14165More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7262, what proportion of taxpayers reporting a gross property income greater than £1,000 claimed property allowance, and at what cost to the treasury.
Answer: The proportion of taxpayers reporting a gross property income greater than £1,000 that claimed property allowance in the latest available financial year (2023/24) is estimated to be 8%. An estimate of the Exchequer cost is not readily available as Landlor...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
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Video Games: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14163More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the proportion of qualifying expenditure for Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) from 80 per cent to 100 per cent.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the creative industries, including the contribution made by the UK’s video games sector to growth and innovation. Video games companies already benefit from a generous Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) of 34...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
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Video Games: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14162More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) to 53%.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the creative industries, including the contribution made by the UK’s video games sector to growth and innovation. Video games companies already benefit from a generous Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) of 34...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
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Landlords: TaxationTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7265More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to her Department was of allowing incorporated landlords to deduct mortgage interest from rental properties when calculating taxable profits in the last year.
Answer: Estimates of the cost of allowing incorporated landlords to deduct mortgage interest from rental properties are not readily available since landlords subject to Corporation tax are not required to report separately their residential finance costs.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
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Landlords: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7264More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to her Department was of the Replacement of Domestic Items Relief for landlords in the last financial year.
Answer: Estimates of the Exchequer cost of the Replacement of Domestic Items Relief for landlords are not readily available.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
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Landlords: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7263More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to her Department was of tax relief for landlords of residential properties in the last financial year.
Answer: Unincorporated landlords receive basic rate relief through a tax reduction. The estimated cost of basic rate tax relief on finance costs for landlords of residential properties reporting in Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) in 2023/24 (the latest availabl...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
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Property: IncomeTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7262More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people reported a gross property income of greater than £1,000 to HMRC in the last financial year.
Answer: Estimates of the number of people reporting a gross property income of greater than £1,000 to HMRC for the latest available financial year are shown in the table below. Tax YearCategoryNo. of People Reporting Gross Property Income Greater Than £1,000 in ...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
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Life Sciences: ResearchTreasuryTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77331More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Treasury is taking to support the biological sciences research sector through the 10 Year UK Infrastructure strategy, published in June 2025.
Answer: The 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy is core to delivering the Government’s growth mission and supporting our priority growth sectors, including life sciences. The Strategy will fund at least £725 billion for infrastructure over the next decade and transfo...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	1
Department for Business and Trade	1
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	9
Department for Education	12
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	26
Department for Transport	1
Department for Work and Pensions	7
Department of Health and Social Care	3
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	4
Home Office	10
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	3
Ministry of Justice	27
Treasury	8

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