§ Mr. Channonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what it would cost the revenue if, in connection with any assessment for liability for income tax where a person proves he has incurred expenditure by way of fares paid on public transport in travelling between his normal residence and the place where the income is earned, he were to be allowed such expenditure as an expense wholly, necessary and exclusively incurred by him in earning such income.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th July 1976; Vol. 915, c. 106] gave the following information:
I regret that the information needed to make a precise estimate is not available, but the cost could be expected to exceed £200 million.