Question follow-through · 32032
Research and Development Expenditure Credit: New Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of research and development tax relief reforms on (a) startups and (b) scale-ups in the (i) deep tech sector and (ii) other sectors.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of research and development tax relief reforms on (a) startups and (b) scale-ups in the (i) deep tech sector and (ii) other sectors.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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28 Feb 2025
Answer published
In Autumn 2023, a review of the R&D tax credit system concluded. As part of this review, the previous Government extended the scope of the reliefs to include data and cloud costs, merged the RDEC and SME scheme, and introduced the Enhanced Support for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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