| Heading: |
Choirs: Tax Allowances |
| Question ID: |
1788207 |
| UIN: |
41131 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4805 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alicia Kearns
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Alicia Kearns
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of changing the eligibility criteria for the Orchestral Tax Relief to include standalone choirs without the accompanying orchestra. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-02 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
The Government supports the creative industries, including orchestras, through funding and through the tax system. Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) provides tax relief on productions costs and provided £33 million of support in 2022-23. To qualify for OTR, a co... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |