Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have participated in the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme since the inception of those programmes.

HMRC publishes reports on the number of companies that have participated in the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS).

Since the inception of these schemes, 26,355 companies have participated in EIS and 6,665 companies in SEIS.

Further information about the take-up of these schemes up to the end of 2015/16 (the most recent figures) can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-and-social-investment-tax-relief-statistics-october-2017