Question follow-through · 79057

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will conduct an equality impact assessment of the Residence Nil Rate Band in relation to inheritance tax.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
15 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will conduct an equality impact assessment of the Residence Nil Rate Band in relation to inheritance tax.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The residence nil-rate band was introduced under the previous Government in April 2017. The then Government set out in a tax information and impact note at the time of its introduction that there was no evidence to suggest that this policy would have sign...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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