Written Question·Treasury·UIN 30903

Income Tax: Tax Allowances

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Personal Allowance threshold from £12,570.

Answer

James Murray
The previous Government made the decision to freeze the income tax Personal Allowance at its current level of £12,570 until April 2028. At our first Budget, we decided not to extend the freeze on personal tax thresholds meaning they will rise with inflati...

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