Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) small and (b) large firms have claimed research and development tax relief in each year since 2010.

HMRC publishes reports on the number of claims for Research and Development (R&D) tax relief by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large companies. Information for the period 2010-11 to 2015-16 can be found in Table RD1 here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit

Information for the period 2016-17 will be published in Autumn 2018.