§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing his estimate of the number of cases in which higher rate relief will be given on mortgage interest payments in the current financial year together with (a) the gross amount of interest qualifying for relief, (b) the amount of higher rate relief and (c) the number of recipients of working age and their distribution by personal tax category and by range of total income together with the average amount of relief given at the standard and higher rate of tax; and if he will add his forecast of the additional cost to the Revenue on the basis of this year's figures and rate of tax of mortgage relief as a result of the separate taxation of married couples.
§ Mr. LilleyI shall answer when resources permit.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will provide a further breakdown of the numbers below £15,000 given in his answer of 29 July 1988,Official Report, columns 729–30, concerning the distribution of mortgage interest relief and the percentage with investment income in the form of his answer of 27 March 1987, Official Report, column 310; and if he will provide a forecast for 1989–90.
§ Mr. LilleyIt is not clear to which answer the hon. Member is referring.