Written Question·Treasury·UIN 27744

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 30 January 2025

Answered: 4 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Leigh Ingham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that compensation payments for victims of the infected blood scandal are not subject to Inheritance Tax in circumstances where payments are transfer

Answer

James Murray

Infected Blood compensation payments are relieved from inheritance tax under Schedule 15 of the Finance Act 2020. This is applied to the estate of the recipient of the compensation payment. Where these payments are subsequently inherited, they become part...

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