HC Deb 20 November 1984 vol 68 cc94-5W
Mr. Butterfill

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total cost in each of the last five years of the blind person's tax allowance.

Mr. Moore

It is estimated that the cost of the blind person's tax allowance was about £1.5 million in 1980–81 and about £3 million in each of the years from 1981–82 to the current financial year.