19 July 2010
Hansard, 12 Jul 2010, vol 513, no 30, col 539W
HMRC estimate that they made gift aid repayments and transitional relief of £1,007 million in 2009/10
The value of higher rate relief available to taxpayers was £310 million and according to independent research commissioned by HMRC, 80% of all higher rate relief available on donations is claimed.