Question follow-through · 80485
Pensions: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of including unused pension funds within the inheritance tax framework on (a) bereaved families and (b) incentives for retirement saving.
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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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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of including unused pension funds within the inheritance tax framework on (a) bereaved families and (b) incentives for retirement saving.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
Most unused pension funds and death benefits payable from a pension will form part of a person's estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. This removes distortions resulting from changes that have been made to pensions tax policy over the las...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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