Question follow-through · 17854
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of farmers who will exit the sector as a result of the change to agricultural property relief in the Autumn Budget.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of farmers who will exit the sector as a result of the change to agricultural property relief in the Autumn Budget.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
From 6 April 2026, the full 100% relief from inheritance tax will be restricted to the first £1 million of combined agricultural and business property. Above this amount, landowners will access 50% relief from inheritance tax and will pay inheritance tax ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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