Written Question·Treasury·UIN 72684
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Inheritance Tax
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Jess Brown-Fuller
Liberal Democrat — Chichester
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting infected blood scandal compensation payments from Inheritance Tax when such payments are transferred to the next of kin of deceased victims.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonInfected 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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