Alex Brewer MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Pensioners: Income TaxTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24704More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners have become liable to pay income tax in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of frozen income tax thresholds on pensioners.
Answer: The number of individual income tax payers over State Pension Age over time can be seen in Table 2.1 of the Income Tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2023 to 2024 to tax year 2026 to 2027 - GOV.UK The effect of threshold freezes on the number of people ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24702More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of inheritance tax on middle-income households whose estates are primarily comprised of residential property, including the effect on their ability to fund social care costs
Answer: Inheritance tax is only paid by a small number of estates. For the 2023-24 tax year, the most recent year available, fewer than 5% of UK deaths resulted in an inheritance tax charge.No inheritance tax is due on any property, money, or other assets passed ...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Minimum WageTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24680More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the impact of its National Minimum Wage compliance campaigns on small and micro-businesses; and what steps HMRC takes to ensure compliance communications are proportionate and target
Answer: Further details of HMRC’s activity in this area can be read within the annual reports of the Government’s evidence on enforcement and compliance of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage – National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: enforc...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Workers: TaxationTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24653More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to conduct a review of the Overseas Scale Rates for employee subsistence, and what methodology is used to determine those rates.
Answer: Overseas Scale Rates are an administrative easement that employers may use to reimburse accommodation and subsistence expenses incurred by employees travelling outside the UK without the need to check receipts.In response to stakeholder feedback and follo...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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