HC Deb 20 March 1989 vol 149 cc455-6W
Mr. Bowis

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Crown servants posted overseas continue to receive mortgage interest relief on their homes in the United Kingdom.

  1. (a) 1979–80 to 1987–88—£88.4 billion equivalent to £9.8 billion a year.
  2. (b) 1974–75 to 1978–79—£111.9 billion equivalent to £22.4 billion a year.
  3. (c) 1970–71 to 1973–74—£39.8 billion equivalent to £9.9 billion a year.
  4. (d) 1964–65 to 1969–70—£33.4 billion equivalent to £5.6 billion a year.
  5. (e) 1959 to 1963—£27.4 billion equivalent to £5.5 billion a year.

1 Note: before 1963–64 PSBR data are only available in calendar year form.