Employee Share Scheme statistics
Statistics on the tax-advantaged Employee Share Schemes.
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Update regarding the release of the 2023 Employee Share Schemes statistics
In 2023, we identified a potential data issue which could impact the Employee Shares Schemes Statistics and therefore announced a delay to the publication of statistics for the tax year ending 2022 which were due to be published in June 2023. We have now confirmed that these statistics will be published on 30 May 2024. This publication will include statistics for the tax year ending 2022 as we are continuing to review the robustness of data used to produce statistics for earlier years. For the time being we have removed statistics for earlier years from this webpage.
This series contains statistics on the tax-advantaged employee share schemes, including the numbers of companies using schemes, numbers of employees receiving awards or numbers of awards, values awarded, numbers of employees exercising options and estimates of the value of the Income Tax and National Insurance relief received.
The statistics are based on share scheme returns, and more information on this can be found in the published commentary.
Tables for previous years
You can find previous tables, published from 2013 onwards, and the survey of users’ views on the National Archives website.
You can find all tables for previous years elsewhere on the National Archives website.
Last updated 2 May 2024 + show all updates
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For the time being, the statistics have been removed from this webpage due to identifying a potential data issue which could impact the Employee Share Schemes Statistics. Our new publication will include statistics for the tax year ending 2022 as we are continuing to review the robustness of data used to produce statistics for earlier years.
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Updated the summary and body section to notify of delay to Employee Share Scheme statistics scheduled for June 2023.
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Updated the data for the tax year ending 2021. Improved the information on the policy designs for the background report. The quality report has been made to line up more with new guidelines,
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