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Gift Aid

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of registered charities in Northern Ireland used the gift aid scheme in each of the last five years; and how much money was recovered by charities through the scheme in Northern Ireland over the same period. (125040)

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not separately identify gift aid claims by countries of the UK.

Amounts of tax repaid to charities in the UK on donations under gift aid are published on the HMRC website at www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/charities/menu.htm. In 2005-06 a total of £750 million was repaid to UK charities under gift aid.