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418058

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of estates where liable for inheritance tax in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England in the last financial year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is published each year as part of Table 12.12 of the Inheritance Tax Official statistics, The most recent year for which these figures are available is 2012-13 and can be found at the following link : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-1212-provisional-numbers-of-taxpaying-estates-passing-on-death-in-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-1212-provisional-numbers-of-taxpaying-estates-passing-on-death-in-2012-to-2013</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/09/2015 14:57:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

390675

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time is between the date of receipt by HM Revenue and Customs of correspondence about inheritance tax liability and a response being given.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	7586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not record the time taken between receipt and response for each piece of correspondence about inheritance tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to 80% of general inheritance tax correspondence within 15 working days. If the correspondence is a full inheritance tax return a response will take longer because of routine compliance checks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/07/2015 16:12:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

390185

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the proposed increase in inheritance tax thresholds on property prices (a) nationally and (b) in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	7483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility has assessed the measures relating to the housing market in the Summer Budget 2015. It estimates that they will have small and offsetting effects, and so it has not adjusted its forecast for house prices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/07/2015 15:42:44 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

350057

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to take (a) widows and widowers and (b) other people out of inheritance tax where the family home is the main asset; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	2093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has commitment to take the family home out of inheritance tax for all but the richest with a new transferable main residence allowance of £175,000 per individual in addition to the inheritance tax nil-rate band, which is currently set at £325,000 for individuals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This creates an effective £500,000 inheritance tax threshold for individuals in certain circumstances. Any unused main residence allowance or nil-rate band for each individual would be transferred to their surviving spouse or civil partner, which is in line with existing principles and means the effective inheritance tax threshold will rise to £1 million in certain circumstances once the policy is introduced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2015 16:24:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

349011

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the amount of inheritance tax that has been avoided by the use of Deed of Variations in the tax year (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	1402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the March 2015 Budget the Government announced that it would undertake a review of how deeds of variation are used for tax purposes. The findings from this review will be reported in the Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2015 15:54:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

229330

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much unpaid inheritance tax was outstanding from estates notified for probate valued up to £1 million since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	228885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2015 12:13:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227712

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much unpaid inheritance tax was outstanding from estates notified for probate valued up to £1 million in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is currently not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/03/2015 17:18:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227713

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates notified for probate and valued up to £1 million paid no inheritance tax in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of the numbers of estates with values up to £1million notified to HMRC that are not liable to Inheritance Tax for deaths in years up to 2011/12 (the latest year for which information is currently available) have been published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338970/140729Table12-3DUChecked.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338970/140729Table12-3DUChecked.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many of the estates in this table with a ‘net estate’ value of more than the Inheritance Tax threshold (including any unused amount transferred from a deceased spouse or civil partner) do not have a liability because of the availability of reliefs and exemptions, which will reduce the net estate value to below this threshold.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/03/2015 11:19:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226586

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much inheritance tax was collected in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available; and what the inheritance tax gap was in each of those years in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Details of Inheritance Tax receipts for 2009/10 to 2013/14 have been published at <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338949/140722Table12-1DUChecked.pdf" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338949/140722Table12-1DUChecked.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338949/140722Table12-1DUChecked.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs published its latest tax gap estimates on 16 October 2014 in 'Measuring Tax Gaps' 2014 edition: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364009/4382_Measuring_Tax_Gaps_2014_IW_v4B_accessible_20141014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364009/4382_Measuring_Tax_Gaps_2014_IW_v4B_accessible_20141014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the UK tax gap for each type of tax are provided from 2005-06 to 2012-13. In 2012-13 the overall UK tax gap was estimated at £34 billion, 6.8 per cent of total tax due. Within this, the tax gap due to Inheritance Tax was estimated at £300 million. A time series can be found on table 8.1, page 70.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not break down any of the estimates by country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/03/2015 16:56:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

225607

registered interest
date	06/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2015 to Question 223222, how much funding was allocated for the specialist inheritance tax compliance teams in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	226614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The funding allocations for staff allocated to the Inheritance Tax compliance teams for the last four years are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £5,930,000</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £6,357,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £6,293,000</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £6,334,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2011/12 the teams were organised and structured in a different way and comparable figures are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has re-engineered the IHT compliance process. This has delivered efficiencies which are reflected in the funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/03/2015 17:27:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash