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date	09/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Siblings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 9 April (HL14826), what considerations led them to set aside their proposal to establish a working party on the fiscal disadvantages experienced by sibling couples.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL15147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review. The Office of Tax Simplification are reviewing inheritance tax and will make recommendations that the Government will consider.</p><p> </p><p>The inheritance tax treatment of married couples and civil partners reflects their unique legal relationship, and extending this treatment to siblings would incur an Exchequer cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/04/2019 10:53:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1105363

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Siblings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bates on 21 March (HL Deb, col 1526), when the cross-departmental working party to consider the fiscal disadvantages experienced by sibling couples will be established; what will be its terms of reference; and when its report will be completed and published.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL14826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text The Government will consider the issue of siblings and inheritance tax through the Office of Tax Simplification’s review of inheritance tax. Their report is due to be published in spring, and their recommendations will be carefully considered. answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/04/2019 11:48:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

947065

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Siblings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 20 July (HL Deb, col 1413), what estimate they have made of (1) the savings in social and other state costs of free care provided for siblings living in sibling-couple households, and (2) the annual income to HM Treasury as a result of the tax applied to siblings when one sibling-couple partner dies.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2018 answer text <p>The government does not have an estimate of the savings in social care from free care provided by siblings living in these circumstances.</p><p>The government has not assessed the inheritance tax liabilities in these circumstances. All individuals benefit from a £325,000 tax free threshold for inheritance tax.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/08/2018 12:01:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool