§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the cost of mortgage interest tax relief in each year since 1963–64 at constant prices.
§ Mr. MooreI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
526Wfor a single man, a married man and a married man with two children in each case, a man on 75 per cent. average earnings, 100 per cent. average earnings, 200 per cent. average earnings, and 500 per cent. average earnings: (a) gross earnings, (b) income tax payable, (c) (b) as a percentage of (a), (d) national insurance contributions, (e) (d) as a percentage of (a), (f) child benefit, (g) (f) as a percentage of (a), (h) net earnings, (i) (h) as a percentage of (a), (j) indirect taxes, and (k) (j) as a percentage of (a) at 1978–79 prices.
§ Mr. MooreThe figures are given in the table. They are those supplied to my hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Mr. Dorrell) on 2 December—[Vol. 49, c.641–42]—deflated by the projected movement in the all-items retail prices index between 1978–79 and 1983–84.