§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he will bring up to date the figures in his written reply dated 27 March 1984, Official Report, columns 105–6, concerning the mortgage advances and the price of dwellings together with the estimated average cost of mortgage interest tax relief per mortgagee in the current financial year and the assumed average rate of interest;
(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing by range of income and for (a) single persons, (b) married couples without wives' earned income and (c) other married couples, the estimated annual value of claims for mortgage relief and the cost to the Exchequer, assuming the present level of interest rates prevails throughout the year;
(3) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of taxpayers in each taxation group receiving relief on mortgage interest and the average relief per mortgagor, together with the assumed rate of interest: in the same manner as of his answer of 7 March 1983, Official Report, column 284;
(4) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table on the same lines as given in his answer of 6 March 1984, Official Report, column 501, of the estimated percentage of each income band benefitting from mortgage interest relief (a) with investment income and (b) without.