Sarah Olney MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39052More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's timetable is for (a) implementing and (b) publishing further information on its policy to bring unused pension funds and death benefits under an individual’s estate for inheritance tax purposes
Answer: Most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. A technical consultation was published at Autumn Budget 2024 on the proposal for pension scheme administrat...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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Office for Value for MoneyTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has set a target for the impact of the Office for Value for Money on Government expenditure in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money has two primary roles. First, to provide targeted interventions, working with Treasury and departments, so that value for money governs every decision government makes. Second, to recommend system reforms to ensure any chang...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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Office for Value for MoneyTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12455More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Office for Value for Money on Government expenditure in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money has two primary roles. First, to provide targeted interventions, working with Treasury and departments, so that value for money governs every decision government makes. Second, to recommend system reforms to ensure any chang...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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Office for Value for Money: StaffTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12454More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in the Office for Value for Money have a salary over £100,000.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money has one member of staff with a salary of over £100,000. This is within the pay range for Senior Civil Service Directors across government.
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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Public Houses: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10753More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) pubs and (b) breweries in (i) Richmond Park constituency and (ii) the United Kingdom.
Answer: Pubs make an enormous contribution to our economy and society, and this is recognised in the tax system. At the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor cut alcohol duty on qualifying draught products – approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. Thi...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
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TaxationTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2971More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing citizens with a breakdown of what proportion of their tax payments are invested into each sector of the economy.
Answer: The government regularly publishes a breakdown of total public tax receipts and total public sector spending. The most recent of these can be found in Annex B of the Spring Budget 2024 document, which is published on gov.uk here: Spring Budget 2024 - GOV....
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	12
Department for Business and Trade	9
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	2
Department for Education	5
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	9
Department for Transport	20
Department for Work and Pensions	22
Department of Health and Social Care	13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	1
Home Office	7
House of Commons Commission	5
Ministry of Defence	1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	16
Ministry of Justice	6
Treasury	6

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