| Heading: |
Pensions: Inheritance Tax |
| Question ID: |
1807456 |
| UIN: |
55889 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5359 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Neil Duncan-Jordan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Neil Duncan-Jordan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a flat-rate 20% inheritance levy on unused pension funds. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
Most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value 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 last de... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |