§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate for 1980–81 of the cost of income tax relief on (a) loans for the purchase or improvement of owner-occupied property and so on, (b) life assurance premiums (c) welfare and other benefits and awards listed in table 16 of Cmnd. 7439 and (d) payments under the job release scheme, training opportunities scheme and youth opportunities programme.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 2 June 1980, c. 526]: The information is as follows :
- (a) about £1,980 million
- (b) about £550 million
With regard to (c) and (d), I refer my hon. Friend to table 5.13 in this year's public expenditure White Paper—Cmnd. 7841—and to the reply on 23 May to my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Scunthorpe (Mr. Brown)—[Vol. 985, c. 468–69]. These are the most up-to-date estimates currently available.