PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Inheritance Tax (16 July 2015)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time is between the date of receipt by HM Revenue and Customs of correspondence about inheritance tax liability and a response being given.

Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

The information is not available as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not record the time taken between receipt and response for each piece of correspondence about inheritance tax.

HMRC aims to respond to 80% of general inheritance tax correspondence within 15 working days. If the correspondence is a full inheritance tax return a response will take longer because of routine compliance checks.

Answered by:
Mr David Gauke (Independent)
21 July 2015