Question follow-through · 65684
Inheritance Tax: Social Mobility
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to inheritance tax on social mobility.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to inheritance tax on social mobility.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2025
Answer published
The estates of all individuals benefit from a £325,000 nil-rate band for inheritance tax. The residence nil-rate band is a further £175,000 and is available to those passing on a qualifying residence on death to their direct descendants, such as children ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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