§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many registered blind persons were in receipt of the blind person's tax allowance for the years 1980, 1981 and the latest figures for 1982.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to his reply, 23 December 1982, c. 650]: It is estimated that around 30,000 blind people, all of them registered, have benefited from the blind person's tax allowance in each of the years mentioned.