Question follow-through · 78315

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the (a) scope and (b) application of Agricultural Property Relief in the context of the requirements of modern farming.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the (a) scope and (b) application of Agricultural Property Relief in the context of the requirements of modern farming.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Ministers from several Government departments have met with various representative organisations to discuss the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief. These discussions have involved the National Farmers’ Union, the Tenant F...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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