questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024, to Question 12389 on Civil Servants and Ministers: Workplace Pensions, whether the automatic lump sum death benefits under the Civil Service Classic scheme is subject to inheritance tax.
answerText: As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, from 6 April 2027 most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax purposes.Some lump some death benefits from pension schemes are already within sc...
heading: Civil Servants and Ministers: Workplace Pensions