Written Question·Treasury·UIN 100773
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Inheritance Tax
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to amend inheritance tax legislation to ensure that compensation paid to the estates of deceased victims of the Infected Blood scandal is exempt from inheritance tax.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonAt Budget 2025, the government announced that it would extend the existing relief from inheritance tax for compensation payments made from the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme and the Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme (‘infected blood c...
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