Written questions

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 74251 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief on the economy of the East of England.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 10 Sep 2025

The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...