HL Deb 19 October 1981 vol 424 cc684-5WA
Lord Blease

asked Her Majesty's Government:

  1. (a) What revenue the Treasury annually forgoes as a result of granting private home owners in Northern Ireland tax relief on mortgage repayments;
  2. (b) What annual cash benefits this represents to an individual mortgage holder;
    3. 685
  3. (c) How this compares with the average subsidy to a tenant of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

Lord Cockfield

The latest available information based on 1980–81 income levels is as follows:—

(a) Estimated Mortgage Relief (b) Per Mortgagor receiving Tax Relief
£m £
30 375

(c) Based on the difference between income and expenditure in, the Housing Executive's General Housing Account, the average contribution towards Housing Executive dwellings for the year ended 31st March 1981 was £468 per dwelling.