HC Deb 11 November 1968 vol 773 c37W
Mr. Maurice Macmillan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present annual cost of tax relief on qualifying life assurance policies and the annual premiums paid on those policies.

Mr. Harold Lever

This information is not available. For the Income Tax year 1967–68, however, it is estimated that the total cost of the tax relief on premiums on life assurance policies was £75 million and that the premiums amounted to £470 million.