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Written Question
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances
Monday 27th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received reconstruction relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The information requested is presented in the table below.

Financial Year

Compulsory purchase facilitating development relief

Reconstruction relief

Part exchange relief

Disadvantaged area relief

2013-14

Individuals

-

-

-

800

Businesses

100

100

1600*

100

2014-15

Individuals

-

-

-

100

Businesses

100

100

900*

-

All figures provided are rounded to the nearest hundred.

* These statistics are upper estimates.

Dashes (“-“) indicate where the information cannot be provided due to the small numbers involved. Providing this information would risk breaching HM Revenue and Customs’ taxpayer confidentiality principles.


Written Question
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances
Monday 27th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received Stamp Duty Land Tax relief for compulsory purchase facilitating development in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The information requested is presented in the table below.

Financial Year

Compulsory purchase facilitating development relief

Reconstruction relief

Part exchange relief

Disadvantaged area relief

2013-14

Individuals

-

-

-

800

Businesses

100

100

1600*

100

2014-15

Individuals

-

-

-

100

Businesses

100

100

900*

-

All figures provided are rounded to the nearest hundred.

* These statistics are upper estimates.

Dashes (“-“) indicate where the information cannot be provided due to the small numbers involved. Providing this information would risk breaching HM Revenue and Customs’ taxpayer confidentiality principles.


Written Question
Petroleum Revenue Tax: Tax Allowances
Monday 27th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received Petroleum Revenue Tax relief for research expenditure in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

Only companies are able to claim Petroleum Revenue Tax relief for research expenditure. Fewer than ten companies claimed the relief in each of 2013-14 and 2014-15.


Written Question
Petroleum Revenue Tax: Tax Allowances
Monday 27th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received Petroleum Revenue Tax relief for unrelieved field loss in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

Only companies are able to claim Petroleum Revenue Tax relief for unrelieved field losses. Fewer than ten companies claimed the relief in each of 2013-14 and 2014-15.


Written Question
Members: Tax Allowances
Friday 24th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received inheritance tax exemption of certain expenses of hon. Members, government ministers etc. in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and what categories of expenses are exempt.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The latest statistics on inheritance tax exemptions and reliefs claimed by estates in 2013-14 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-122-exemptions-and-reliefs. Information for 2014-15 is not currently available.

The number of estates claiming woodland relief, double taxation relief, taper relief and quick succession relief are not provided separately in this table due to the small numbers involved. The number of estates claiming these reliefs are therefore grouped together under, ‘other reliefs and exemptions’ and ‘reliefs against tax’ in order to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.

Information on people or businesses benefitting from inheritance tax relief for interest-free instalments is not available.

Information on inheritance tax relief for transfers to political parties on death is not available.

There are no specific exemptions from inheritance tax for expenses incurred by Members of Parliament or government ministers.


Written Question
Inheritance Tax
Friday 24th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received inheritance tax successive charges relief in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The latest statistics on inheritance tax exemptions and reliefs claimed by estates in 2013-14 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-122-exemptions-and-reliefs. Information for 2014-15 is not currently available.

The number of estates claiming woodland relief, double taxation relief, taper relief and quick succession relief are not provided separately in this table due to the small numbers involved. The number of estates claiming these reliefs are therefore grouped together under, ‘other reliefs and exemptions’ and ‘reliefs against tax’ in order to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.

Information on people or businesses benefitting from inheritance tax relief for interest-free instalments is not available.

Information on inheritance tax relief for transfers to political parties on death is not available.

There are no specific exemptions from inheritance tax for expenses incurred by Members of Parliament or government ministers.


Written Question
Inheritance Tax
Friday 24th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received inheritance tax taper relief on transfers between three to seven years before death in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The latest statistics on inheritance tax exemptions and reliefs claimed by estates in 2013-14 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-122-exemptions-and-reliefs. Information for 2014-15 is not currently available.

The number of estates claiming woodland relief, double taxation relief, taper relief and quick succession relief are not provided separately in this table due to the small numbers involved. The number of estates claiming these reliefs are therefore grouped together under, ‘other reliefs and exemptions’ and ‘reliefs against tax’ in order to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.

Information on people or businesses benefitting from inheritance tax relief for interest-free instalments is not available.

Information on inheritance tax relief for transfers to political parties on death is not available.

There are no specific exemptions from inheritance tax for expenses incurred by Members of Parliament or government ministers.


Written Question
Double Taxation
Friday 24th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received double taxation relief for inheritance tax in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The latest statistics on inheritance tax exemptions and reliefs claimed by estates in 2013-14 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-122-exemptions-and-reliefs. Information for 2014-15 is not currently available.

The number of estates claiming woodland relief, double taxation relief, taper relief and quick succession relief are not provided separately in this table due to the small numbers involved. The number of estates claiming these reliefs are therefore grouped together under, ‘other reliefs and exemptions’ and ‘reliefs against tax’ in order to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.

Information on people or businesses benefitting from inheritance tax relief for interest-free instalments is not available.

Information on inheritance tax relief for transfers to political parties on death is not available.

There are no specific exemptions from inheritance tax for expenses incurred by Members of Parliament or government ministers.


Written Question
Forests: Tax Allowances
Friday 24th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received inheritance woodlands relief for inheritance tax in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The latest statistics on inheritance tax exemptions and reliefs claimed by estates in 2013-14 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-122-exemptions-and-reliefs. Information for 2014-15 is not currently available.

The number of estates claiming woodland relief, double taxation relief, taper relief and quick succession relief are not provided separately in this table due to the small numbers involved. The number of estates claiming these reliefs are therefore grouped together under, ‘other reliefs and exemptions’ and ‘reliefs against tax’ in order to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.

Information on people or businesses benefitting from inheritance tax relief for interest-free instalments is not available.

Information on inheritance tax relief for transfers to political parties on death is not available.

There are no specific exemptions from inheritance tax for expenses incurred by Members of Parliament or government ministers.


Written Question
Gifts and Endowments: Tax Allowances
Friday 24th February 2017

Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received inheritance tax relief for transfers to political parties on death in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The latest statistics on inheritance tax exemptions and reliefs claimed by estates in 2013-14 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-122-exemptions-and-reliefs. Information for 2014-15 is not currently available.

The number of estates claiming woodland relief, double taxation relief, taper relief and quick succession relief are not provided separately in this table due to the small numbers involved. The number of estates claiming these reliefs are therefore grouped together under, ‘other reliefs and exemptions’ and ‘reliefs against tax’ in order to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.

Information on people or businesses benefitting from inheritance tax relief for interest-free instalments is not available.

Information on inheritance tax relief for transfers to political parties on death is not available.

There are no specific exemptions from inheritance tax for expenses incurred by Members of Parliament or government ministers.