Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief on inheritance tax was granted for (a) agricultural and (b) business property in each the last four years up to the most recent period for which records are available.

Estimates of the Exchequer cost of agricultural relief and of business property relief (including relief on unquoted shares) for estates are available for years up to and including 2014-15.

The latest estimates for 2013-14 and for 2014-15 can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389539/20141231_expenditure_reliefs_v0.3.pdf

The latest estimates for 2012-13 can be found online at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141206132728/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302317/20140109_expenditure_reliefs_v0.4published.pdf.

The latest estimates for 2011-12 can be found online at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131113190813/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/253142/table1-5.pdf.