§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of direct taxation paid by a married man with two children aged 10 and 13 years earning £7,000, assuming he has a monthly mortgage payment of £60 and he and his wife have no other sources of income.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon£1,504.16 for 1977–78.
It has been assumed that the whole of the mortgage payment relates to interest and is allowable as a deduction against income.