Question follow-through · 31202
Travel: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce mechanisms for regular updates to the Overseas Scale Rates to keep in line with inflation.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce mechanisms for regular updates to the Overseas Scale Rates to keep in line with inflation.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
As with all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps flat rates expenses, including Overseas Scale Rates, under review. Any decisions on future changes in this area will be taken in the context of the wider public finances.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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