Question follow-through · 5491
Income Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the personal tax allowance to £15,000.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 7 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the personal tax allowance to £15,000.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
The previous government announced the Personal Allowance would be maintained at its current level of £12,570 until April 2028. The government must ensure the tax system supports strong public finances. Sound fiscal policy is key to economic stability and,...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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