§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the annual tax
Mortgage interest relief (1979–80)* Life assurance relief (1978–79)† Total income range Average mortgage interest relief per mortgagor Numbers claiming relief‡ Average tax relief per claimant‡ Numbers claiming relief £ '000 £ '000 Under £1,000 — — — — £1,000-£2,000 100 20 8 630 £2,000-£3,000 100 140 10 1,530 £3,000-£5,000 180 880 15 4,380 £5,000-£10,000 230 3,340 20 5,560 Over £10,000 480 1,050 75 800 * The information for 1979–80 relates to all mortgages, not solely to building society mortgages. † Life assurance relief for 1979–80 is obtained by deduction on payment of the premium and information is not available by range of total income. The latest year for which a distribution of relief by income range is available is 1978–79. ‡Counting married couples as one.