The substantial rise was mainly due to an increase in relief granted in the high-end television sector (HETV), with the theatre industry also seeing a significant increase with 1,175 companies applying.

High-end TV accounted for 50% (£1.1bn) of all of the creative reliefs granted in 2022/23, while film tax relief accounted for just a quarter (£553m).

Tina McFarling, head of strategic communications at the British Film Institute said: ‘Coming out of the pandemic we have seen accelerated growth in production in the UK, particularly in film and high-end TV production; video games development was less hampered by the restrictions.

‘To put this in an economic context, the record spend on film and high-end TV in 2019 of £3.6bn was overtaken by £5.64bn in 2021 (starting to come out of the pandemic, production taking place, government’s Production Restart Scheme supporting production), then that was overtaken by £6.27bn in 2022.

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