HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 c1184W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on take-up of the Enterprise Investment Scheme. [71660]

Dawn Primarolo

Information on investment in EIS companies is published on the Inland Revenue website. The latest figures for take-up of EIS for the last three years are:

£ million
1998–99 278.1
1999–2000 469.0
2000–01 661.6

The figures for 2001–02 will be available in September. The amounts for the earlier years will also be updated then as there is a considerable time lag between the year to which the claim relates and the receipt of the claim.