Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17856

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 4 December 2024

Answered: 7 January 2025

Question

Helen Whately

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the changes to inheritance tax on the financial viability of small family farms in (a) Kent and (b) Faversham and Mid Kent cons

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Assessing the impact of the new Inheritance Tax policy, which comes into force from 6 April 2026, relies on a number of factors such as ownership structure and debt levels. Without such information, which the Government does not hold at that level, area l...

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