Question follow-through · 59207
Orchestras: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average processing time was for claims for Orchestra Tax Relief in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average processing time was for claims for Orchestra Tax Relief in each of the last five years.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2025
Answer published
HMRC balances the need to ensure that payments for tax reliefs are processed as quickly as possible with the need to ensure that they are claimed only by those who are eligible to do so. All claims for Orchestra Tax Relief are risk assessed on receipt. Wh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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