Value for money strategy

#13 —

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department told us that it has recently introduced a value for money model to assess the impact of its different interventions, but it is still relatively new. It recognised that there is work to do to improve its overall …

Gov response: 3. 1 The government disagrees with this recommendation. 3.2 The department already publishes metrics which cover its activities supporting exports, as part of a balanced suite of indicators. Metrics have been identified or are under …

Not Addressed

#15 — Cabinet Office failed to quantify programme-wide shared services costs and benefits from outset.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Cabinet Office’s original expectation was that the strategy would lead to savings of 10% to 15% in operating costs, based on what other large public and private sector organisations across the world had been able to achieve.26 It did …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: September 2023 In Outline Business Cases clusters calculated benefits in different ways, this made comparisons between them tricky as they had been calculated over different …

Accepted

#2 — Revisit and revise Cabinet Office 'Case for Change'; complete future business cases fully.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Cabinet Office did not produce an overarching business case for the Shared Services Strategy, which has hindered progress. HM Treasury’s guidance to government departments states that a business case should be used to support all major programmes and projects …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. development was led at the cluster level. Practical implication of a full business case is a centrally delivered programme, which was avoided as having the clusters act as …

Accepted

#5 — Set out plans to evaluate Homes for Ukraine scheme, including lessons and value for money.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The scheme was set up at speed and has helped 141,200 Ukrainians come to the UK, but DLUHC does not know fully what aspects of the scheme have or have not worked and whether overall the scheme has been value …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. scheme as lessons are learnt. It continues to monitor various data and evidence across the scheme to assess progress against key milestones and metrics (as set out in …

Accepted

#11 — Establish a coherent system to commercialise research and increase public R&D investment.

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Recommendation: Should our successor Committee wish to further explore the commercialisation of research, we recommend it considers: • recommending the establishment of a coherent system to facilitate interactions between businesses and research and technology organisations to make support for business more …

No Published Response

#25 — Launch net zero ports consultation immediately to plan infrastructure, funding, and electrification requirements.

Environmental Audit Committee

Recommendation: We recommend that Ministers launch their planned consultation on net zero ports without further delay, so as to gather signals from the ports industry and the wider maritime sector at the earliest opportunity as to what infrastructure is likely to …

Gov response: The Government accepts this recommendation. The Government is considering options on a call for evidence alongside its plan for the decarbonising the domestic maritime sector. It is important to understand and collate evidence on what …

Partially Accepted

#21 — Commission workstream to optimise international shipping efficiency through UK Hydrographic Office expertise.

Environmental Audit Committee

Recommendation: We recommend that, as part of the refreshed Clean Maritime Plan, Ministers commission a workstream to examine how the efficiency of international shipping operations can be further optimised by the appropriate development of the expertise in the UK Hydrographic Office.

Gov response: The Government notes this recommendation. The UK has a wide range of expertise that can aid the efficiency of maritime operations, including the development and design of on-board energy efficiency technologies, through to a strong …

Not Addressed

#18 — Clean Maritime Plan lacks clear, measurable objectives for shipping operational efficiencies.

Environmental Audit Committee

Recommendation: The current Clean Maritime Plan sets no clear or measurable objectives for the UK’s contribution to operational efficiencies from domestic and international shipping.

Gov response: The Government partially accepts this recommendation. The Government recognises the key role of efficiency in decarbonising the sector, both to reduce emissions in the near term, and to reduce the requirements from future fuels and …

Partially Accepted

#26 — Home Office lacks clear methodology and data for assessing Rwanda scheme's deterrent effect.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: Assessing the deterrent effect, and thus value for money, of the scheme will be complex. The Home Office recognised that it will be difficult to isolate the impact of the Rwanda partnership from other government policies intended to stop small …

Gov response: 5.1 The government notes the Committee’s recommendation. 5.2 The evaluation of deterrent impact and value for money for the MEDP policy will not proceed because the operationalisation of the policy was ceased.

Not Accepted

#25 — Accounting Officer could not confirm Rwanda policy offers value for money without deterrence evidence.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: Accounting Officers are responsible for approving, in advance, all significant initiatives, policies, programmes and projects, and should provide assurance to Parliament that those activities are meeting the accounting officer standards set out in Managing Public Money – regularity, propriety, value …

Gov response: 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 1.2 The Home Office has already set out the funds paid to the Government of Rwanda as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership …

Not Addressed

#24 — Rwanda partnership's value for money depends on deterring a significant number of illegal entries.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The success—and value for money—of the Rwanda partnership depends on whether it deters people from making dangerous and illegal journeys to the UK, including small boat crossings. In 2023, the Home Office estimated that illegal entries need to reduce by …

Gov response: 5.1 The government notes the Committee’s recommendation. 5.2 The evaluation of deterrent impact and value for money for the MEDP policy will not proceed because the operationalisation of the policy was ceased.

Not Accepted

#21 — Home Office exits leave hotels in derelict conditions, burdening local communities with regeneration costs.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: We have heard reports, including from our own constituencies, that some hotels have been left in derelict conditions following the Home Office exiting them. We received written evidence from London Councils which told us that there were concerns across the …

Gov response: 4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 4.2 The Home Office will establish a working group with the Local Government Association and Local Authority Chief Executive regional leads to address issues raised …

Accepted

#20 — Home Office lacks a clear timeline for fully phasing out asylum seeker hotel accommodation.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: Since 2020, the Home Office has increasingly used hotels to accommodate people seeking asylum, as demand for accommodation increased and there was an insufficient supply of alternative accommodation. In October 2023, the Home Office announced that it intended to stop …

Gov response: 4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 4.2 The Home Office will establish a working group with the Local Government Association and Local Authority Chief Executive regional leads to address issues raised …

Accepted

#15 — Large accommodation sites projected more costly than hotels, challenging value for money claims.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: We asked the Home Office whether it was still satisfied that it was getting value for money, given the costs of the accommodation and the fact that capacity was much lower than anticipated. The Home Office’s latest assessment of value …

Gov response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 2.2 A raft of measures has been implemented to address weaknesses. The programme was recently restructured to deliver smaller sites, requiring lighter touch refurbishment and …

Accepted

#14 — Home Office awarded major accommodation site contracts without full competition, citing urgency.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: We asked the Home Office why it had not submitted to competition five of the contracts relating to the new sites, worth £243 million of the £253 million it had spent through contracts. The Home Office told us that it …

Gov response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 2.2 A raft of measures has been implemented to address weaknesses. The programme was recently restructured to deliver smaller sites, requiring lighter touch refurbishment and …

Not Addressed

#10 — Home Office unable to explain significant additional escort training costs for Rwanda scheme.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Home Office has estimated that it would cost £11,000 to fly each relocated individual to Rwanda. Witnesses told us that this was an internal estimate and actual costs would depend on a number of variables. The Home Office will …

Gov response: 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 1.2 The Home Office has already set out the funds paid to the Government of Rwanda as part of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership …

Not Addressed

#2 — Mandate Home Office to detail future due diligence processes protecting taxpayers' money on projects.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: In its haste to establish large accommodation sites, the Home Office made unacceptable and avoidable mistakes, and failed to protect value for money. The Home Office asserts that its need to deal with a “national emergency” meant it had to …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented A raft of measures has been implemented to address weaknesses. The programme was recently restructured to deliver smaller sites, requiring lighter touch refurbishment and supporting the …

Accepted

#50 — Publish an implementation plan for the Women’s Health Strategy detailing timelines, costs, and resources.

Women and Equalities Committee

Recommendation: The Government should publish an implementation plan for the Women’s Health Strategy for England detailing timelines, costs and resource. (Paragraph 184) Funding

Gov response: We are working with NHS England and the Women’s Health Ambassador on how we take forward the Women's Health Strategy for England (linked in 'Introduction' above) by aligning it to the government's missions and forthcoming …

Not Addressed

#10 — Increasing EHC plan tribunal appeals indicate systemic failures and poor value for money

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: Parents are also increasingly appealing EHC plan decisions with the proportion being taken to a tribunal, parents’ final recourse for complaints, increasing from 1.6% in 2018 to 2.5% in 2023. The number of decisions appealed increased from 6,000 in 2018 …

Gov response: 1.9 Most Education, Health and Care plans (EHC plans) and assessments are concluded without the need for a Tribunal appeal. However, the department recognises that some families struggle to get the right support they need, …

Not Addressed

#30 — Previous local road maintenance incentive scheme lacked evaluation and independent auditing oversight.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department also told us that, as part of developing a new incentive funding scheme for local authorities on local road maintenance, it will be looking at learning from the previous scheme.63 In that scheme, the Department had made more …

Gov response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: September 2026 6.2 The government agrees that the current guidance that has been provided to local highway authorities through the ‘Code of Practice for …

Accepted

#29 — Department acknowledges insufficient evaluation of local authority road maintenance funding effectiveness.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: We asked the Department how it would know which funding mechanism was most effective without evaluation. The Department told us that it does not evaluate everything that it allocates to local authorities because it relies on them to exercise their …

Gov response: 5.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2027 5.2 To ensure the development of a robust and proportionate monitoring and evaluation framework, the department plans to commission a feasibility study …

Accepted

#28 — Department has not evaluated the actual impact of most local road maintenance funding.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department has evaluated only one of the 12 funding pots it has made available for local road maintenance over the last decade. The Department has also not evaluated the totality of the funding it has made available to local …

Gov response: 5.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2027 5.2 To ensure the development of a robust and proportionate monitoring and evaluation framework, the department plans to commission a feasibility study …

Accepted

#22 — Reactive pothole repairs prove inefficient and less cost-effective than proactive road maintenance.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: However, potholes are just a symptom of poor road conditions and, as we heard, they are not necessarily being fixed properly or efficiently so money is just being wasted.41 For example, the AA told us that in its view too …

Gov response: 5.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2027 5.2 To ensure the development of a robust and proportionate monitoring and evaluation framework, the department plans to commission a feasibility study …

Accepted

#7 — Department lacks clear outcomes and oversight for non-ringfenced local road maintenance funding.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: We asked the Department what outcomes it was looking to achieve from the funding it provides to local authorities, which is over £1 billion each year. The Department told us that this was a live discussion with Ministers as part …

Gov response: 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: April 2026 1.2 The government recognises that clarity about responsibilities for highways maintenance is a vital part of ensuring the devolution process is successful. …

Accepted

#5 — Evaluate local road funding approaches and PFI schemes to inform future effectiveness.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department has not evaluated its approaches to funding local roads to know whether they are delivering value for money. Despite providing over £1 billion of funding each year to local authorities for the maintenance of local roads, the Department …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. framework, the department plans to commission a feasibility study in 2025 to understand the current state of evidence, evidence gaps and data collection mechanisms in local authorities. This …

Accepted

#12 — Department lacks clear plan for government to share in successful CCUS project profits

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: We asked the Department whether its business models allow for the government to take a share of any profit a project makes if the programme is successful.37 But the Department could not provide a compelling answer.38 Now that the Department …

Gov response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: December 2026 2.5 In achieving this balance, the department notes that the business models do have mechanisms to ‘make sure that taxpayers and consumers …

Accepted

#5 — Set out rationale for supporting CCUS in each sector, considering cost-effective alternatives

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: To date, the Department has done little to ensure that government support for CCUS is directed to the sectors or locations where it will be essential for achieving net zero. CCUS is currently seen as the only way to decarbonise …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented In various sectoral strategies the department sets out the relative role of CCUS in decarbonising a given sector, including in the Net Zero Strategy, Industrial Decarbonisation …

Accepted

#2 — Introduce mechanisms for taxpayers and consumers to benefit financially from future CCUS project success

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: While the Department is taking steps to incentivise efficient delivery of the CCUS projects, it has not established mechanisms to make sure that taxpayers and consumers will benefit financially should the programme be successful. The Department has developed a range …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. keeps the UK on the lowest cost pathway to meeting Net Zero and presents opportunities for growth in a future low carbon global economy. The department estimates that …

Accepted

#24 — Expensive Nightingale courts continue operating despite significant underuse of main estate.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: MoJ told us that it has spent “a significant amount of money” on maintaining the court estate over the last two years.64 HMCTS told us that there is a significant maintenance backlog, but nevertheless assured us that the total capacity …

Gov response: 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented: March 2025 1.2 The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is committed to bearing down on the Crown Court backlog and is delivering a wide range of …

Partially Accepted

#18 — Department lacks systemic understanding of how schools spend unringfenced disadvantage funding.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department’s policy is to allow schools and other providers autonomy and flexibility to support disadvantaged children in a way that suits local circumstances and their pupils’ needs. More than 90% of the estimated £9.2 billion funding associated with disadvantage …

Gov response: 4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target Implementation date: December 2027 4.2 The department is reviewing options to improve reporting arrangements for the pupil premium grant, including potential digital solutions by Academic Year …

Accepted

#4 — Introduce stronger mechanisms to understand how schools spend disadvantaged-focused funding effectively.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department relies on schools to spend funding in line with its intended purposes but has limited understanding of whether they do so. The Department’s policy is to allow schools and early years providers flexibility to use funding according to …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. premium grant, including potential digital solutions by Academic Year 2027-28. This could support schools’ development of effective, evidence-based pupil premium strategies and provide the department with better data …

Accepted

#4 — Set out methodology to estimate Criminal Justice System costs due to prison capacity pressures.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The prison capacity crisis has led to decisions and inefficiencies which represent poor value for money. Maintaining and making best use of the existing prison estate represents better value than building new places. However, capacity constraints mean that MoJ and …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented As the Committee notes, there have been acute issues in responding to prison capacity which have also led to additional costs in the Criminal Justice System, …

Accepted

#33 — Significant WGA deficit in 2022-23 highlights urgent need for a long-term fiscal strategy.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: Written evidence we received from the ICAEW stressed that, in the absence of discount rates noted in earlier sections, the UK government had a deficit of £200 billion in 2022–23. The ICAEW noted that this deficit is more than 20% …

Gov response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: July 2025 6.2 The WGA is a valuable source of information on government liabilities, providing a comprehensive picture across the whole public sector. There …

Accepted

#11 — Universal support schemes led to deadweight costs, reducing overall value for money.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: Most of the £44 billion of support was provided through schemes that were universal in nature, which means that some people who did not need the support still received it, affecting the schemes’ overall value for money.21 Written evidence we …

Not Addressed

#2 — Set out plan by September 2025 for targeting future consumer support, addressing data matching challenges.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department would not yet be in a position to provide more targeted support to consumers and so reduce wasteful expenditure. Most of the £44 billion of support was provided through the schemes that were universal in nature, which means …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. fuel poor households in Great Britain, and the government has consulted on expanding the scheme to support more households. The government works with energy suppliers to identify eligible …

Accepted

#3 — Department lacks understanding of long-term value for money for loan book management options.

Public Accounts Committee

Recommendation: The Department does not yet know which options for the loan book’s future management would provide best value for the taxpayer in the long term. The costs of managing the loan book to date have been significant, at about £17 …

Gov response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. department commissioned external advice on its strategic options in 2022, which determined the operating model that provided the greatest value for money for the taxpayer. At that point …

Accepted

#68 — Create a National Screen Heritage Strategy with BFI covering funding, skills and infrastructure.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: Within the next 12 months, the Government should work with the BFI and wider screen heritage sector to create a National Screen Heritage Strategy, including in the areas of funding, skills and infrastructure. The strategy should be reviewed and renewed …

Gov response: The BFI would be best placed to work with the screen heritage sector on the creation of any new National Screen Heritage Strategy. The government will consider this recommendation with the BFI, but is not …

Not Addressed

#64 — Conduct a review of National Lottery good cause allocations between distributing bodies.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: We recommend the Government conducts a review of how National Lottery returns for good causes are allocated between distributing bodies by the end of the 2025-26 financial year. (Recommendation, Paragraph 223)

Gov response: The current allocation of good cause funding has been in place since April 2012; this long-standing arrangement allows for distributors to undertake long term financial planning based on predicted income. The new lottery provider, Allwyn …

Not Accepted

#63 — National Lottery funding for BFI requires thorough review to reflect expanded role.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: The amount of National Lottery funding available to the BFI must reflect its role and remit, which has changed considerably since the allocations were last set. Determining where an increase for the BFI might come from, however, requires a thorough …

Gov response: The current allocation of good cause funding has been in place since April 2012; this long-standing arrangement allows for distributors to undertake long term financial planning based on predicted income. The new lottery provider, Allwyn …

Not Accepted

#62 — Ensure screen sector tax incentive changes increase BFI Certification Unit grant-in-aid settlement.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

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 …

Gov response: We are committed to supporting and strengthening our domestic sector, and we recognise the challenges this part of the sector, including UK producers, have experienced. We want to see the sustained production of culturally relevant …

Under Consideration

#61 — BFI responsibilities expanded without commensurate long-term grant-in-aid support increase.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: Too often the BFI’s responsibilities have been expanded by the Government without a commensurate, long-term increase in the grant-in-aid support available to it. That has put the UK’s reputation with inward investors at risk and could undermine the growth of …

Gov response: 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 …

Accepted

#48 — Review the impact of a permanent VAT cut on entry to cultural events.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: We recommend that the Government reviews the impact of a permanent cut to VAT on entry to cultural events, including cinema tickets, to identify whether it would support the growth of the creative industries. (Recommendation, Paragraph 174)

Gov response: The UK maintains a cultural VAT exemption for admissions charges for certain cultural exhibitions and events. This exemption applies to public bodies (such as local authorities) and other eligible bodies (such as charities) that satisfy …

Not Accepted

#47 — Stronger case now exists for assessing VAT cuts across the creative industries.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: It is understandable that the exhibition sector seeks a VAT reduction when it faces so many challenges around costs, box office revenue and infrastructure. However, those calls must be considered alongside the regular requests we hear for reduced rates of …

Gov response: The UK maintains a cultural VAT exemption for admissions charges for certain cultural exhibitions and events. This exemption applies to public bodies (such as local authorities) and other eligible bodies (such as charities) that satisfy …

Not Accepted

#46 — Cinemas face insufficient variety and quality of films, not a lack of releases.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: The problem facing cinemas is not that too few films are being released; it is that there is not enough variety and quality in the films that are reaching cinemas to tempt cinemagoers through the doors. The solution is therefore …

Gov response: The government has shown its commitment to keeping the UK’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) competitive by providing additional support for independent films at a rate of 53% and introducing a 5% uplift in relief for …

Not Addressed

#30 — Link future public funding for ScreenSkills to specific, measurable performance outcomes.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: We recommend that the Government link any future public funding for ScreenSkills to specific, measurable outcomes based on it publishing and meeting ambitious and robust performance indicators. (Recommendation, Paragraph 108)

Gov response: The government agrees that public funding for ScreenSkills must be linked to their effective delivery. ScreenSkills is primarily funded through voluntary industry contributions through their Skills Investment Funds. In 2025/26, ScreenSkills is receiving grant funding …

Accepted

#22 — Prioritise growth sectors like film and HETV in business rate reforms to support investment.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: In delivering its promised reform of business rates, the Government should prioritise growth sectors such as film and HETV and ensure reforms support, rather than undermine, investment in them. (Recommendation, Paragraph 81)

Gov response: The government is transforming business rates over the course of this Parliament, co-designing a fairer system with stakeholders including those in the creative sectors. We have already introduced a 40% reduction on business rates for …

Accepted

#20 — Audio-Visual Expenditure Credits may undermine investment attraction for wider industry practices.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: We are not convinced that Audio-Visual Expenditure Credits are the best vehicle to incentivise wider industry practices, if doing so undermines the fundamental aim of attracting investment. (Conclusion, Paragraph 76)

Gov response: The government has shown its commitment to keeping the UK’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) competitive by providing additional support for independent films at a rate of 53% and introducing a 5% uplift in relief for …

Not Addressed

#19 — Benchmark UK film and HETV tax incentives against international competitors and review changes.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: Twice a year, the Government should benchmark the value and eligibility criteria of the UK’s film and HETV tax incentives against those of other countries. Where the UK’s offer is found to be less competitive, the Government should immediately review …

Gov response: The government has shown its commitment to keeping the UK’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) competitive by providing additional support for independent films at a rate of 53% and introducing a 5% uplift in relief for …

Not Accepted

#12 — Conduct urgent analysis on targeted HETV Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit uplift for domestic productions

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: We recommend the BFI urgently conducts analysis on the potential design and return on investment of a targeted uplift to HETV Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit for domestic productions with budgets of £1 million to £3 million per hour. The Government should …

Gov response: The government has shown its commitment to keeping the UK’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) competitive by providing additional support for independent films at a rate of 53% and introducing a 5% uplift in relief for …

Not Accepted

#11 — Enhance HETV tax incentives to specifically benefit public service broadcasters and independent producers

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation: Domestic HETV needs to be supported through enhanced tax incentives just as independent film has been. To tackle the issues facing domestic production, any increase in HETV tax relief must not merely incentivise streamers to spend more but specifically benefit …

Gov response: The government has shown its commitment to keeping the UK’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) competitive by providing additional support for independent films at a rate of 53% and introducing a 5% uplift in relief for …

Not Addressed