Question follow-through · 39052

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's timetable is for (a) implementing and (b) publishing further information on its policy to bring unused pension funds and death benefits under an individual’s estate for inheritance tax purposes

answeredTreasury

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
20 Mar 2025
Answer
26 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Economy and business

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's timetable is for (a) implementing and (b) publishing further information on its policy to bring unused pension funds and death benefits under an individual’s estate for inheritance tax purposes

  2. 20 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. A technical consultation was published at Autumn Budget 2024 on the proposal for pension scheme administrat...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Personal Income: Tax Allowances

7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the Trading Allowance to £3,000.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Business Rates

17 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timeline is for the publication of the interim report on business rates.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Business Rates

17 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the planned higher multiplier for properties with rateable values above £500,000, broken down by business sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

17 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the proportion of businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sector that will (a) not qualify for retail, hospitality and leisure relief and (b) pay a higher multiplie

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pay

19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of people who use a salary sacrifice scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pay

19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department holds data on the number of employers offering salary sacrifice schemes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates

4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of a) pubs, b) hotels, c) restaurants, d) indoor leisure and e) night clubs whose business rates bill will i) go up ii) stay the same or iii) decrease from April 2

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Retail Trade: Business Rates

4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rateable value increases and changes to business rates relief, announced at Budget 2025, on a) vacancy rates on local high streets, b) employment le

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Retail Trade: Business Rates

4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of higher rateable values and reduced business rates relief on the number of hospitality closures and empty units on high streets over the next three years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Business Rates: Home Shopping

4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to reform the business rates system to support physical businesses against online retailers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying a) a 10p multiplier b) a 15p multiplier or c) the full 20p discount on high street and hospitality businesses; and if she will publish that assessme

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the difference in the projected changes in liabilities for (a) pubs and (b) distribution warehouses over the three-year revaluation period after transition.