§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 31 January to the hon. Member for Grimsby, Official Report, c. 20–22, concerning the distribution of incomes and the amount of tax paid, whether he will publish in the Official Report a
Numbers receiving mortgage relief and average relief by range of total income 1982–83 (a) Single people (b) Married couples without wife's earned income (c) Married couples with wife's earned income Range of total income (lower limit) Numbers receiving mortgage interest relief Average relief per mortgagor Numbers receiving mortgage interest relief Average relief per mortgagor Numbers receiving mortgage interest relief Average relief per mortgagor £ Thousands £ Thousands £ Thousands £ (i) Single people or married couples both under 65 1,500 15 60 — — — — 2,000 30 230 65 80 5 40 3,000 50 170 50 180 30 110 4,000 75 230 95 290 50 180 5,000 70 350 150 240 90 240 6,000 120 350 250 310 130 220 7,000 110 370 290 400 190 260 8,000 80 330 325 330 230 260 9,000 70 350 235 420 285 290 10,000 80 400 280 390 515 290 12,000 55 480 215 450 560 380 15,000 25 780 125 730 400 500 20,000 15 1,000 70 1,000 170 860 30,000 5 1,600 30 1,350 45 1,150 (ii) Single people or married couples both over 65 1,500 10 50 20 50 5 50 5,000 5 200 5 250 10 200 7,000 15 350 10 250 10,000 5 600 5 850 20 400 15,000 5 500 5 500