Susan Murray MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Revenue and Customs: Telephone ServicesTreasuryTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27816More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the average speed of answer published in HM Revenue and Customs' performance data includes time spent by callers listening to automated messages before joining a queue for an adviser.
Answer: HMRC’s published Average Speed of Answer (ASA) measure does not include the time callers spend listening to automated messages or selecting options through the automated menu.ASA measures the time from when a customer has finished listening to the automat...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26267More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the Barnett consequential arising for the Scottish Government from the Places of Worship Renewal Fund announced on 22 January 2026.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport received funding at Spending Review 2025, and the Barnett formula was applied in the usual way to changes in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s DEL budget.At Spending Reviews, because the Barnett form...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPlaces of Worship Renewal FundTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26266More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether spending on the Places of Worship Renewal Fund has been treated as comparable expenditure for the purposes of the Barnett formula.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport received funding at Spending Review 2025, and the Barnett formula was applied in the usual way to changes in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s DEL budget.At Spending Reviews, because the Barnett form...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Telephone ServicesTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19199More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time was for callers to HM Revenue and Customs helplines dealing with bereavement and estates in each of the last two years.
Answer: Most unused pension funds and pension death benefits will be brought into the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027. Most estates will continue to have no IHT liability, even after these changes have come into eff...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19198More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs is to issue a clearance certificate in respect of a deceased person's estate after tax due has been paid; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce that
Answer: Most unused pension funds and pension death benefits will be brought into the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027. Most estates will continue to have no IHT liability, even after these changes have come into eff...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19197More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of HM Revenue and Customs to process additional inheritance tax cases arising from the inclusion of unused pension funds in estates from April
Answer: Most unused pension funds and pension death benefits will be brought into the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027. Most estates will continue to have no IHT liability, even after these changes have come into eff...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
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