Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received inheritance tax relief for estates exempt of transfers to charities on death in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

Latest statistics on inheritance tax exemptions and reliefs claimed by estates in 2013-14 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-122-exemptions-and-reliefs

This publication contains information on how many estates claimed inheritance tax relief on transfers to charities on death (PQ02515), transfers to surviving spouses on death (PQ02519), conditional exemptions for heritage property (PQ02521), business property including unlisted shares (PQ02525) and agricultural property (PQ02526).

Data for 2014-15 is not currently available.