§ Mr. David Priceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are his estimates of the cost to the revenue in 1979–80 and in a full year of making the mobility allowance tax-free.
§ Mr. Peter Rees,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24 May 1979; Vol 967, c. 194], gave the following answer.
Information on which to base precise estimates is not available. The full-year cost in 1978–79 would have been approximately £10 million. The first -year cost would probably have been a little less.