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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.

answeredTreasury

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 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.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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