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Inheritance Tax: Valuation

Asked by Graham LeadbitterScottish National PartyTreasuryTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 72484

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of homeowners whose property is above the free home care threshold but below the £1 million Inheritance Tax Allowance; and whether her Department plans to take steps to change the incentive for these homeowners to leave their property empty.

Answered by James Murray

Adult social care is a devolved policy area. In England, whether a person qualifies for any financial support towards their care costs depends on the results of a financial assessment. Where an individual is receiving care in a setting that is not a care home, such as where they receive care at home, the value of their main or only home must be disregarded during this financial assessment.

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