Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 62
62
Deferred
Ensure screen sector tax incentive changes increase BFI Certification Unit grant-in-aid settlement.
Recommendation
At each Spending Review, the Government should ensure any recent or upcoming changes to the screen sector’s tax incentives, including but not limited to the addition of new forms of expenditure credit, are reflected in a commensurate increase in the grant-in-aid settlement for the BFI’s Certification Unit. (Recommendation, Paragraph 217)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response broadly committed to supporting the domestic screen sector, including through public service media and business rates reform. However, it did not address the specific recommendation to link changes in screen sector tax incentives to a commensurate increase in funding for the BFI's Certification Unit.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The BFI’s Certification Unit is essential in underpinning the effective delivery of the UK’s tax credits. We have been responsive to increasing demands on the Unit, returning turnaround times back to best practice levels through a £1 million increase in the BFI’s Grant-in-Aid for 2024/25 and 2025/26. This funding will continue into the next Spending Review period (2026–2029) to provide stability and certainty for the Unit. We will continue to keep the resourcing of the Unit under review.
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