§ Mr. Nobleasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total cost in revenue forgone for each year since 1960 of, respectively, the married person's allowance, single person's allowance, child allowance, wife's earned income relief, age relief, age exemption, housekeeper allowance, blind person's allowance, additional personal allowance, superannuation and retirement annuity relief, life assurance relief, relief on alimony and maintenance payments, bank loan interest relief, and mortgage interest relief; and how many persons each year were in receipt of each of these allowances or reliefs.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport, North (Mr. Bennett) on 4th August 1975. It would not be possible to provide the additional information sought and for years back to 1960 without disproportionate expenditure of time and resources.