Question follow-through · 72905
Lump Sum Payments: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to change the proportion of pensioners' tax-free lump sums that are exempt from tax.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to change the proportion of pensioners' tax-free lump sums that are exempt from tax.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government wishes to encourage pension saving to help ensure that people have funds to draw on throughout retirement. Up to 25 per cent of an individual’s pension can be taken-tax free, subject to a cap of £268,275 for most. Although the Government ke...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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