§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate for the latest available year(a) the number of people and (b) the value of tax relief given under capital gains tax (i) retirement relief and (ii) re-investment relief. [41391]
§ Mr. JackThe latest estimates for the costs of capital gains tax retirement and re-investment reliefs are given in table 1.6 in the 1995 edition of "Inland Revenue Statistics". Reliable estimates for the numbers of people claiming these reliefs are not available.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total amount of capital gains tax that(a) has been deferred and (b) is still deferred through use of the various reliefs afforded to capital taxpayers. [41395]