Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme and the (b) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme.
HM Treasury recently conducted a thorough assessment of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) as part of the Patient Capital Review (PCR).
The PCR consultation Financing Growth in Innovative Firms along with the government response, published at Autumn Budget 2017, can be accessed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/financing-growth-in-innovative-firms