Question follow-through · 127914
Workplace Pensions: Lump Sum Payments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the definition of a charitable lump sum death benefit so that people with dependents do not face barriers to donating to charity from their
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the definition of a charitable lump sum death benefit so that people with dependents do not face barriers to donating to charity from their
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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23 Apr 2026
Answer published
At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that 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. Where at least 10% of a person’s net estate is left to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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