Question follow-through · 74404

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rate; and whether she plans to update that rate.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
4 Sept 2025
Answer
10 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rate; and whether she plans to update that rate.

  2. 4 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle. These rates are also used by self-employed drivers to claim tax relief on business mileage (simplified mot...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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