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Rent a Room Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the annual allowance for the Rent a Room Scheme to allow it to catch up with inflation.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
14 Jul 2026
Answer
14 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the annual allowance for the Rent a Room Scheme to allow it to catch up with inflation.

  2. 14 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Rent a Room Scheme lets individuals earn up to a threshold of £7,500 per year tax free from letting out furnished accommodation in their home. Increasing the allowance would carry a cost, and doing so is not currently under active consideration. Altho...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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