Question follow-through · 76670
Video Games: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the Video Games Expenditure Credit on levels of (a) employment, (b) investment, (c) studio formation and (d) IP development.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 19 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the Video Games Expenditure Credit on levels of (a) employment, (b) investment, (c) studio formation and (d) IP development.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of the creative industries, including the key role they play in driving economic growth. Video games jobs are highly productive at nearly double the average national output, and technology developed by games busine...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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