Oral QuestionDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 26 March 2024Answered: 17 April 2024

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)

The Government are better targeting these reliefs to make them fairer. The latest figures for 2021-22 show that the top 7% of claims are counted for 40% of the total value of agricultural property relief.