Question follow-through · 49957
Ministers: Corporate Hospitality and Official Gifts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to chapter three of the Ministerial Code, published in November 2024, whether any further guidance has been provided by (a) his Department and (b) HMRC on paying tax on (i) gifts and (ii) hospital
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 2 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to chapter three of the Ministerial Code, published in November 2024, whether any further guidance has been provided by (a) his Department and (b) HMRC on paying tax on (i) gifts and (ii) hospital
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
The Ministerial Code outlines that "if a minister wishes to retain a gift, they will be liable for any tax it may attract." The decision to accept a gift or hospitality is fundamentally a matter of personal judgement for ministers, who must dete...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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