Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Ashfield constituency paid inheritance tax in the last three years.

Statistics on the number of estates liable to Inheritance Tax, broken down by Westminster Parliamentary Constituency, are published annually. The most recent update covered deaths in 2012-13 and can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-1212-provisional-numbers-of-taxpaying-estates-passing-on-death-in-2012-to-2013.

A previous update covering 2011-12 deaths can be found online at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150131092906/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-provisional-numbers-of-taxpaying-estates-passing-on-death-in-2010-to-2011-by-regions-and-parliamentary-constituencies, and an earlier update covering 2010-11 deaths can be found online at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140321030529/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inheritance-tax-provisional-numbers-of-taxpaying-estates-passing-on-death-in-2010-to-2011-by-regions-and-parliamentary-constituencies.