§ Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how he arrived at his estimate that in 1969–70 tax relief for owner-occupiers of houses in Scotland came to £7 million; how many such owner-occupiers there were then estimated to be; and what are the latest available figures.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe estimate was based on information about interest payments, mainly to building societies, from the Board of Inland Revenue. There were about 529,000 owner-occupied houses in December, 1969, and 540,000 in December, 1970, the latest date for which this figure is available.