Question follow-through · 112760
Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of family-owned trading businesses to fund inheritance tax liabilities within six months of death, particularly where probate has not been granted.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of family-owned trading businesses to fund inheritance tax liabilities within six months of death, particularly where probate has not been granted.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2026
Answer published
The reforms to business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting businesses, fixing the public finances, and funding public services. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of business asset...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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