Written questions

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 86134 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the number of farms that will be affected by proposed changes to inheritance tax in Northern Ireland; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of these changes

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 4 Nov 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, fixing the public finances, and funding public services. The reforms reduce t...