HC Deb 26 November 1991 vol 199 c427W
Mr. Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will detail the annual figures for(a) mortgage interest tax relief and (b) housing benefit for the years 1989–90, 1990–91 and the projected figures for 1991–92, respectively.

Miss Widdecombe

The amounts of housing benefit paid to beneficiaries and the tax relief given on mortgage interest in the United Kingdom for the relevant years are shown in the table.

Housing benefit1 Mortgage interest relief £ billion
1989–90 4.3 6.8
1990–91 24.9 37.7
1991–92 45.4 56.1

Notes:

1 Excludes Rate Rebates and Community Charge Benefit. Includes Rent Rebates and Rent Allowances.

2 Estimated outturn.

3 Provisional figure.

4 Planned expenditure.

5 Estimated figure based on the assumption that current interest rates are unchanged for the rest of the year.