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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-09-05more like thismore than 2023-09-05
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading War Widow(er)s: Pensions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many war widows had their war pensions wrongly classed as taxable income in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and how many times his Department has been asked to rectify their records accordingly in this time period. more like this
tabling member constituency Midlothian more like this
tabling member printed
Owen Thompson remove filter
uin 197882 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-09-19more like thismore than 2023-09-19
answer text <p>I can confirm that the War Widow Pension has not been taxable since 1979 as per Section 639 of the Income Tax (earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.</p><p>Any tax wrongly applied to the payment would be as a result of a tax code provided by HMRC, which is responsible for correcting any tax records.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Wiltshire more like this
answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-09-19T14:37:06.423Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-19T14:37:06.423Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Owen Thompson more like this