Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) businesses and (b) people claimed income tax relief through the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme in 2016-17.

HMRC publishes statistics on the number of individuals claiming income tax relief on investments in Venture Capital Trusts here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics

The latest release of these statistics was published in December 2017 and includes data up to 2015-16. Statistics for 2016-17 will be published later this year.

HMRC publishes statistics on the number of individuals claiming income tax relief through the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics

The latest release of these statistics was published in October 2017 and includes data up to 2015-16. Statistics for 2016-17 will be published on 31 May 2018.

Only individuals are eligible to claim tax relief on investments under the schemes.